All-Women Parliamentary Delegation from Mexico on Official Visit to India

An all-women, four-member parliamentary delegation from Mexico visited India to further enhance Mexico-India ties.

Led by the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Honourable Congress of Mexico, Deputy Ms. María Guadalupe Murguía Gutierrez, a high-level delegation comprising Deputies Ms. Cecilia Soto Gonzalez and Ms. Gloria Himelda Felix Niebla, were on an official visit to India from 7–10 August 2017.

The delegation commenced their India visit with a visit to Raj Ghat, where they offered floral tributes at Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial.

They witnessed the sessions of both Houses of Parliament and held meetings with the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Ms. Sumitra Mahajan and Minister of External Affairs, Ms. Sushma Swaraj.

Meeting with Smt. Sumitra Mahajan, Speaker of Lok Sabha
Mexican delegation and Ambassador Melba Pria with India’s Minister of External Affairs, Smt. Sushma Swaraj

They also paid a courtesy visit to the new President of India, Mr. Ram Nath Kovind.

President of India, Mr. Ram Nath Kovind greets the Mexican delegation at Rashtrapati Bhavan

The all-women delegation was composed of Deputies affiliated to the three main political parties of Mexico. Due to a Constitutional reform in 2014 which strove for gender parity, with new measures aimed to ensure greater participation of women in politics, there are more women in Mexican Parliament, than ever before. Currently there is 37% representation of women in the Upper House and 43% women in the Lower House.

This official visit is a continuation of the high-level parliamentary exchange of visits and the excellent parliamentary relations that exist between Mexico and India. The last parliamentary delegation to India was in March 2017.

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