Sixty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Mónica Aralí Soto Fregoso is a Mexican lawyer with a Master’s degree in Education and a Master’s in Human Rights with a Gender Perspective; her academic background includes specialized studies in Law, Electoral Justice, and Gender. She has accumulated 30 years of experience in electoral matters and 17 years as a justice. Since 2016, she has served as a Justice of the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF), and until October 31, 2025, she served as its President.

She is currently the President of the Association of Electoral Women Judges of the Americas (AMEA); a full member representing Mexico before the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe, known as the ‘Venice Commission’; and President of the Gender Equality Observatory of the Global Network on Electoral Justice (RMJE). In addition, she has been internationally recognized by the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies (ICPS) in the United Kingdom for her rulings and policies on gender issues.