The combined talents and perspectives of both men and women yield a better, more comprehensive understanding of society' at large, which in turn improves the quality of policies and delivery of public services. Accordingly, there is mounting awareness in Mexico of the benefits that accrue from the equal participation of women and men in public decision making - in Congress, the political executive, the judiciary and across federal and state public administration. They have introduced almost 85% of all the proposals that have come before the Gender Equality' Committee in the Chamber of Deputies1 since the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress opened in September 2016.