The descriptive and symbolic representation of women in the process of gender parity in Oaxaca Indigenous Regulatory Systems, Mexico, ; La representación descriptiva y simbólica de las mujeres en el proceso de paridad de género en Sistemas Normativos Indígenas de Oaxaca, México
Summary. The article analyses the descriptive and symbolic political representation of women in positions in municipalities with Indigenous Regulatory Systems (SNI) in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. He said that although there had been a historic increase in the number of appointments (descriptive representation), most of them related to care and family service, which was analysed from an indigenous community perspective, as well as their possible involvement in the reproduction of power relationships characterised by gender inequality (symbolic representation). On the basis of the legal and social context of DASDFAFAF, which has developed the process of gender parity, the results obtained in the 2016 and 2019 elections are analysed, comparing, between these years, the number of municipal presidents and syndicates appointed in the 417 municipalities with recognition of their free determination to choose their lobbyists, as well as the type of governing bodies mostly occupied by women. These data can be seen from the arguments put forward by some actors to explain the roles women have in the political life of oaxaquean indigenous communities. ; Resumen El artículo analiza la representación política descriptiva y simbólica de las mujeres que ocupan cargos en los cabildos de municipios con Sistemas Normativos Indígenas (SNI), en el estado de Oaxaca, México. Plantea que si bien se ha registrado un incremento histórico en el número de nombramientos (representación descriptiva), la mayor parte corresponden a cargos relacionados con el cuidado y el servicio familiar, lo cual es analizado desde la perspectiva comunitaria indígena, así como de su posible implicación en la reproducción de las relaciones de poder caracterizadas por la desigualdad de género (representación simbólica). A partir del contexto jurídico y social en DASDFAFAF que se ha desarrollado el proceso de paridad de género, se analizan los resultados obtenidos en las elecciones de 2016 y 2019, y se compara, entre estos años, el número de presidentas ...