Gender and political careers in the Legislative Chamber of Distrito Federal
women, political representation, gender, sexual division of political labour, Legislative Chamber of Distrito Federal.
This research aims to analyze how the sexual division of political labour affects the occupation of positions during and after the passage of district deputies through the Legislative Chamber of Distrito Federal in the first, fourth, sixth and eighth legislatures (1991-1994; 2003- 2006; 2011-2014; and 2019-2022). To this end, a biographical collection of 103 parliamentarians – incumbents and substitutes who took office in these legislatures – was carried out, in order to draw a comparative profile between men and women, regarding their occupation of leadership positions (Board of Directors, party and bloc leadership and committee presidency) and regarding political opportunities, electoral and non-electoral, after their time at CLDF. The results found indicate important distinctions, during and/or after the mandate in the CLDF, between the political careers of district deputies, such as level of education, areas of training, professional activity, previous occupation of some non-elective political position or non-state political burden, acting on the Board of Directors, presiding over permanent committees and assuming political burdens in the Executive Branch. By identifying these differences between the political careers of men and women, it was possible to identify how being a woman in politics impacts access and opportunities that guide the construction of their professional political careers.