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The low number of women entering the labor force causes Chile to rank low amongst upper-middle class countries regarding women in the work force despite higher educational training. [23] In Chile, poorer women make up a smaller share of the workforce. [23] A 2004 study showed that 81.4 percent of women worked in the service sector. [30]
In January 2018, the Juliet Kirkwood Feminist Bank was founded to promote bills on gender equality. This group responded to the student protests by advocating for a permanent commission for Women and Gender Equity. [4] President Piñera signed a constitutional reform on May 28, 2018, which confirmed equal rights between men and women.
The most compactly organized feminist movement in South America in the early 20th century was in Chile. [citation needed] There were three large organizations which represented three different classes of people: the Club de Señoras of Santiago represented the more prosperous women; the Consejo Nacional de Mujeres represented the working class, such as schoolteachers; other laboring women ...
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.
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 Círculo de Estudios de la Mujer, or the Women’s Study Circle, was a Chilean feminist organization that existed from 1979 to 1983. [1] It was formed during the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile as a response to the regime’s oppressive actions against citizens and women.
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.