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While under Augusto Pinochet's authoritarian regime, women also participated in las protestas, protests against Allende's plebiscite in which women voted "no." [5] During Chile's time under dictator Pinochet, the state of women's legal rights fell behind most of Latin America, even though Chile had one of the strongest economies in South ...
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.
The Chilean government esteems Catholicism, which puts women in a patriarchal, domesticated setting, and has been used as reasoning for restricting women's rights. Even though the first woman (Domitila Silva Y Lepe) voted in 1875, voting was still considered a barrier well into the 1900s to women's rights in Chile. [26]
A 3D arpillera. An arpillera, which means burlap in Spanish, is a brightly colored patchwork picture made predominantly by groups of women (also known as arpilleristas).The construction of arpilleras became popular in Chile during the military dictatorship (1973–90) of Augusto Pinochet.
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]
Women’s History Month could not be more significant for Chile’s fledgling Academy of Cinematographic Arts, which is proud to have selected Maite Alberdi’s acclaimed documentary “The Mole ...
Performance in Concepción, Chile at the 2020 International Women's Day.The girl has a Mapuche flag. Women performing "A Rapist in Your Path" in Alameda Central, Mexico "A Rapist in Your Path" (Spanish: Un violador en tu camino), also known as "The Rapist Is You" (Spanish: El violador eres tú), [1] is a Chilean feminist performance piece that originated in 2019 to protest violence against women.
On 11 September 1973 a military junta toppled President Salvador Allende in a coup d'état and installed General Augusto Pinochet as head of the new regime. [4] [5] This was a dictatorial, authoritarian regime which trampled on human rights with the use of torture, disappearances, illegal and secret arrest, and extrajudicial killings.