Women call strike in Chile on March 8
Chilean women, union and social leaders called a Feminist Strike on March 8 to denounce the inequalities and patriarchal violence that prevail in the country….
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Chilean feminists reject new Women and Gender minister
Charis McGowan SANTIAGO – Chile’s women and gender minister, a great-niece of the late dictator Augusto Pinochet, has resigned after just a month following a…
Mónica Zalaquett takes oath as Chile’s new Women & Gender Equality minister
SANTIAGO – Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera on Tuesday administered oath to the country’s new Minister for Women and Gender Equality, Mónica Zalaquett. The 58-year-old former…
Chile’s Women minister resigns after 34 days in office
SANTIAGO – Macarena Santelices has stepped down as Chile’s Minister of Women and Gender Equality, after just over a month in office. “The day it…
Piñera announces bill to punish cyberbullying in Chile
SANTIAGO – Chilean President Sebastián Piñera led a ceremony commemorating International Women’s Day in which he announced a series of proposals, including a bill that…