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A feminist music festival in Chile wants to challenge Latin America’s sexy, submissive ideal of women

By Maria Murriel & Por Alison Bowen ● Culture ● March 20, 2016

At this year’s Viña del Mar festival, in Chile last month, the festival queen took a dive into a pool, covered only in rose petals, surrounded by fans and photographers.

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Pro-Choicers Cheer Chile; LGBT Threats Are Global

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● June 20, 2014

Chile has taken steps to decriminalize abortion under certain circumstances. Also, during a press call this week, activists highlighted how the LGBT community is at risk in developing countries.

Abortion: OKed in Ireland; Denied to Chilean Tween

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● July 13, 2013

Irish lawmakers voted to allow abortion in limited circumstances for the first time in the Ireland’s history. Chile’s president Sebastian Pinera said he admired a young girl for continuing her pregnancy, which was a result of rape.

Chilean Women Rebuild Lives Smashed by Tsunami

By Lezak Shallat ● Employment ● July 4, 2011

Some give up traditional livelihoods and do something new. Others stay put and rebuild from within devastated towns. Throughout the shoreline communities of southern Chile hardest hit by the 2010 tsunami, women are driving a long, hard recovery.

Chile’s Homemakers Sign Up for Pension Reform

By Matt Malinowski ● Employment ● January 13, 2009

Since Chile’s announcement of a public pension reform that extends to unpaid homemakers, applications by women have been pouring in. President Bachelet portrays the reform as a major fulfillment of her commitment to women’s financial security.

Chile Birth-Control Case Spurs ‘Apostasy’ Planning

By Matt Malinowski ● Health & Science ● April 25, 2008

Chilean judges, siding with the Vatican, have dealt a major blow to the Bachelet government by ending free emergency contraception in public clinics. A women’s rights group is organizing a mass renunciation of Catholicism to express their outrage.

Chile’s Morning-After Pill Hits Access Battle

By Matt Malinowski ● Health & Science ● January 31, 2008

Chile’s plan to ensure wide availability of emergency contraception is running into resistance. One group of politicians has filed a lawsuit to block access and three pharmaceutical chains have balked at selling it.

Thousands of Chileans to March Against Femicide

By Matt Malinowski ● Politics ● November 4, 2007

Safety advocates in Chile are planning nighttime marches across the country to protest the growing number of women killed by domestic violence; President Michelle Bachelet has proposed related legislation to be debated in coming weeks.

Chile Kick-Starts Debate on Gender Quotas

By Jen Ross ● Politics ● February 16, 2007

Chile 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.

Chile Teens’ Sexual Health Sparks Storm

By Jen Ross ● Health & Science ● September 21, 2006

Chile’s strict abortion ban and high teen pregnancy rates have drawn international criticism, but its efforts to ward off those critiques have sparked a moral debate. Chile’s efforts to sign an international protocol may be delayed as a result.