(FUVEST - 2007 - 1a fase)CHILE, which has South Am
(FUVEST - 2007 - 1a fase)
“CHILE, which has South America’s most successful economy, elected its first female president this year. But the lot of Chilean women is by many measures worse than that of their sisters elsewhere in the region. A smaller proportion of them work and fewer achieve political power. According to a recent report by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, an association of parliaments, 15% of representatives in the lower house of Chile’s Congress are women, less than half the proportion in Costa Rica and Argentina and below the level in eight other countries in the region, including Venezuela and Bolivia. Chilean women hope that Michelle Bachelet’s presidency will improve their position but there are worries that she will do more harm than good.”
The Economist, August 12th 2006.
According to the text, the Chilean president
will fight for significant changes in women’s political participation in the country.
has demonstrated political strength in Chile’s Congress since her election.
is seen with caution with respect to improvement in women’s position in the country.
hopes Chilean women will reach the same level as women in the other South American countries.
is worried about the percentage of women’s political participation in Chile.
