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Chile Kick-Starts Debate on Gender Quotas
Women's E-News February 16, 2007Chile may be notable for having a female president, but the country ranks 14th out of 18 Latin American countries in female political representation. Congressional hearings on a gender-quota bill for political parties are stirring debate.
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In Chile, free morning-after pills to teens
Christian Science Monitor September 12, 2006SANTIAGO, CHILE – This month, Chile began to combat the problem of high teen-pregnancy rates by distributing free morning-after pills to girls as young as 14 years old. Government support of emergency contraception is not unusual in Latin America or in Europe. Last month, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the over-the-counter sale of morning-after pills (known as Plan B), for women over 18. Girls age 17 and under must have a doctor's note. But the Chilean government, by giving away the pills to such young girls, is igniting a storm of opposition from critics who say it undermines parents and is tantamount to abortion.
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Care for every child
Toronto Star May 27, 2006Despite its relative poverty, Chile is working to provide universal daycare
— something that affluent Canada says it can't afford.
Peru Campaign Quiet on Reproductive Issues
Women's E-News May 22, 2006In Peru, which has one of the highest illegal abortion rates in Latin America, the sole female presidential candidate is out of the race and women's groups say sexual and reproductive rights have been missing from the campaign season.
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Chile's Bachelet Promises Pension Payday for Women
Women's E-News March 10, 2006Chile's president-elect Michelle Bachelet has promised an overhaul of the nation's private pension system. She says her reform will do much more to help women than the "pension for housewives" promised by her opponents during the campaign.
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Bachelet Era Begins with Change
Christian Science Monitor. A1. February 1, 2006Michelle Bachelet made history Jan. 15 by becoming Chile's first female president. Monday, she chalked up yet another precedent: naming a cabinet of 10 female and 10 male ministers. It's the first of its kind in the entire western hemisphere - and one of few examples in the world.
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Chilean Women Celebrate Signs of Rapid Change
Women's E-News January 19, 2006Times are changing rapidly for women in Chile, where Michelle Bachelet is taking over as president and a far-reaching law on domestic violence is taking effect.
SANTIAGO, Chile (WOMENSENEWS)--For 25 years, Maria Victoria Torres put up with daily physical and emotional abuse from her husband. He would punch and kick her, pull her hair, call her names and even lock her in a dark room for days on end.
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Chileans prepare to welcome first female president
The Independent January 16, 2006SANTIAGO, CHILE – In what's seen as a cultural breakthrough for the most conservative country in Latin America, a female Socialist - promising to maintain the country's free-market policies - is poised to become the next president of Chile.
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Chileans set to elect a woman
Christian Science Monitor December 9, 2005Read more
In traditional Chile, meet the soldiers with pearl earrings
Christian Science Monitor. A1. November 7, 2005Read more
Venezuela Will Retry Teen's Accused Torturer
Women's E-News October 7, 2005Read more
Chile passes progressive domestic abuse law
The Globe & Mail September 30, 2005Read more
Chile's New Sex-Harassment Law Takes Off
Women’s E-News June 30, 2005Read more
Brazil tries to stem tide of sex slavery
Women’s E-News June 19, 2005Read more
Brazil begins talking openly about abortion
Women’s E-News May 15, 2005Brazil is moving to address the problem of illegal abortion, the country's fourth leading cause of maternal death. In March the government eased abortions for rape victims and in April it formed a committee to review all its abortion policies.
Read more - THIS WAS AMONG FIVE ARTICLES IN WOMEN'S E-NEWS THAT JOINTLY WON THE 2006 ROSA CISNEROS MEMORIAL AWARD IN JOURNALISM
Women in Chile Look Toward Rome with Apprehension
Women’s E-News April 15, 2005Read more
Chile's Politicians Battle Over Emergency Contraception
Women's E-News April 1, 2005Read more
Chilean Women Chalk Up Income Gains
February 20, 2005 Women's E-NewsRead more
Chilean Women Celebrate Gaining Right to Divorce
Dec. 3, 2004 Women’s E-NewsRead more
Illegal abortions rampant in Latin America
November 28, 2004 Women's E-NewsRead more
Chile passes law to allow divorce for the first time
November 28, 2004 The IndependentRead more
Countdown to freedom
The Guardian Monday, March 22, 2004Read More
Chile defies church and legalises divorce
The Guardian Friday, March 12, 2004Read More
"Rise of the morning-after pill," Chatelaine. April 1997.
