#Women4Multilateralism is a project initiated in 2022 by the Delegation
of the European Union and the Permanent Mission of Gabon in Geneva

#Women4Multilateralism is a project initiated in 2022 by the Delegation of the European Union and the Permanent Mission of Gabon in Geneva

Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón

Mexico

Defending the right of women to vote and to be elected

Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón was the first female Mexican Ambassador. Fighting for women’s rights, she succeeded to ensure women’s suffrage in Mexico in 1952. She founded the Inter-American Women’s Committee for Democracy, to ensure the recognition of women’s human rights across states.

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