Mariela Saldivar Villalobos: The Price of Disobedience - Political Violence Against Women in Mexico

2022 Fellow Spotlight Series - This talk was recorded for the Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program at Stanford University in 2022.
Mariela Saldivar Villalobos is a Mexican activist and politician. She is currently the Executive Director of a non-governmental and non-partisan organization, advocating on behalf of thousands of small and independent business owners. She recently served two terms as a Congresswoman at Nuevo Leon State. Working hand-in-hand with her constituency, she ran successful campaigns to preserve hundreds of hectares of urban parks, promote women's rights, and fight corruption.
In 2018, she formally accused the State Governor of embezzling public resources for his presidential campaign. This accusation eventually led to his prosecution and arrest for electoral crimes. The case is ongoing and represents a watershed event in Mexican politics. Due to her anti-corruption efforts, in 2020, Mariela participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), a premier professional exchange program organized by the U.S. Department of State.

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Mariela, bravo.
Continue your vital work, it's very important.

[@TrungNguyen-tz7jr]

Bravo Mariela! 😍😍😍