How has women's participation in the polls influenced,
Why is it important that we go to the polls this 21/11/21?
In the history of Chile, the struggle for our right to vote lasted for decades and mobilized thousands of women throughout the country, women who were convinced that our voice should be heard. In 1934, women's suffrage was approved for municipal elections, and it was not until 1949 that women were granted the right to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections.
It has been 72 years since the approval of women's suffrage, and we women have only participated in the election of 10 presidents of the Republic, considering that the country has elected more than 30. It is important that women vote, because the groups that do not participate are delegating their participation to others.
In these presidential primaries I think it is very important not to forget that women have been excluded for centuries and we must not lose the opportunity to participate and fight with our vote, against ideas that obscure our rights. Especially when there are presidential candidates' programs that seek to subtract the advances in gender and women's rights. A government without a gender perspective is going backwards.
Image 2 "The struggle for women's suffrage in Chile"
