TAG: Chile

#NoTenemosMinistra: The crisis in Chile’s Ministry of Women and Gender Equality

by Bárbara Sepúlveda Hales & Lieta Vivaldi Macho The recent appointment of the new Minister of Women and Gender Equality, Macarena Santelices, by President Sebastián Piñera is very worrying and this has been expressed not only by feminist organizations but also by politicians and activists from different sectors. After 54 days without an incumbent […]

Chile Uprising: A Call for Dignity

Jaime Barrientos, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile. Manuel Cárdenas, Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Valparaíso, Chile. In Chile, at the beginning of October 2019, we were led to believe that we lived in a paradise. In fact, President Sebastián Piñera recently described the country as an oasis in the middle of the Latin American […]

The Chilean Catholic Church and its crisis

by Jaime Barrientos Chile began 2018 with a visit from Pope Francis. The country still remembered the one paid by John Paul II who, in the midst of the military period, convoked thousands of people to the streets across the country, who answered his call to receive the pontiff. However, in 2018, things would be […]

Chilean Ministry of Health issues instructions stopping “normalising” interventions on intersex children

The Chilean Ministry of Health has issued instructions to its national health sector to stop “normalising” medical interventions on intersex infants and children. This guidance is a global first: the first time that a health ministry has shown leadership in taking this step without legislation or legal action.

Chile’s Health Commission Moves Abortion Bill Forward

08.05.15 – (PRESS RELEASE) This evening the Health Commission of Chile agreed to advance a proposed bill that would allow women access to safe and legal abortion services in cases of life-endangerment, sexual violence, and fatal fetal impairments. The legislation, which was introduced by President Michelle Bachelet in January, will face another vote in the Health Commission […]

Chile’s Same-Sex Civil Unions Bill Gets Final Approval By Lawmakers

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean lawmakers gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill that recognizes civil unions between same-sex couples. The legislation now goes to President Michelle Bachelet, who is expected to sign it. Government spokesman Alvaro Elizalde welcomed the bill’s passage as “a breakthrough that we are proud of as a government.” The […]

Disaster in Chile

Chile: The SPW team is shocked with the disaster that devastated Chile on February 27, 2010, the hundreds of deaths and the many risks that may ensue the disaster that has been catastrophic for every sector of society, including Chile’s feminist and LGBTI communities.