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Chile: New Quota for Women in PoliticsThis forum post is dated 04/04/10. If you feel it is old or outdated, please follow up with a question or comment and someone may be able to update it, or reply with newer information if you have it.
| Chile: New Quota for Women in Politics Chile is well known for being the only South American country with a female President. Although this is true, there is a slim representation of women in Chilean politics. Congress is debating a bill right now that would hold gender quotas for politics. It says that at least 40% of politicians (from the federal to municipal level) will have to be women. If this bill passes, it would force some current members of Parliament to leave their positions in order to make room for more women. Currently, half of the countries in South America have this law, but their quota is only for at least 30% representation. Right now, Chile is at 12.6% women representation in both houses of Congress.
I believe that this bill has great intentions. It is trying to get women more involved in politics and balance out the gender equality among politicians. It is working in other South American countries, so it should work in Chile as well. I think the problem is that the Chilean quota is a bit too high. I think that they should make it a 30% representation, at least for the first couple years. This way, the country can ease into it a little more, and not have to eject valuable members of the government for incoming women politicians. I think also that this bill really depends on the number of women in Chile who are willing to get involved and run for office. If there arent enough women, then there is no sense making the quota so high.
Congress should be deciding on this bill soon, so we will see what happens.
What do YOU think?
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