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Unmarried men and women have equal ownership rights to moveable and immoveable property. [25] In rural Chile, inheritance is the principal way in which land is acquired by both men and women, whether the land has titles or not. [24]
Women's suffrage in Chile was introduced on the communal level in 1935, and on national level on 8 January 1949. [1] It was the product of a long period of activism, tracing back to 1877, when women were allowed to attend university, a reform which stimulated the formation of a women's movement.
Feminism in Chile has its own liberation language and activist strategies for rights that is shaped by the political, economic, and social system of Chile. Beginning in the 19th century, Chilean women have been organizing with aspirations of asserting their political rights. [ 1 ]
The National Women's Service (Spanish: Servicio Nacional de la Mujer; SERNAM) is a public service in Chile, a functionally decentralized organization, with its own funding, which is part of the cabinet-level Ministry of Planning and Cooperation under the President of Chile, created January 3, 1991 by the Law N° 19,023, with the goal of promoting the equality of men and women.
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A study measuring sexual violence victimization at Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC) was conducted in April 2018. They found that women were likely to be victimized more than men, with 22% of women and 10% of men. Most cases had men as perpetrators (89%) and were known to the victim (72%) either as a partner or friend. [8]
Concerns about human rights in Chile include discrimination against indigenous populations; societal violence and discrimination against women, children, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people; child labor; and harsh prison conditions and treatment. Additional human rights concerns in the country include use of excessive ...
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Chilean This category exists only as a container for other categories of Chilean women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.