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“To be a feminist you have to fight for the rights of women, Being feminist does not mean having a political color and a political color that is biased in this country. ” This was one of the statements made during this day by the Minister for Women, Macarena Santelices, when asked if she considered herself a feminist woman.
In her first in-depth interview after taking office on May 6 -with CNN Chile and CHV-, Santelices assured that “being a feminist means fighting for women to have the right to a universal nursery, being a feminist means breaking any type of inequality (…) There are stigmas as great as that the married woman by conjugal partnership has to ask the husband for permission to receive an inheritance. Or when a woman separates, she has to wait 270 days to get married again, while the man doesn’t. “
The Secretary of State also addressed her gaze on the feminist movements and the marches that have taken place in the country in recent times.
“Women’s rights are a wonderful cause. And the marches we have seen have to do with many historical demands that our country has for women. But feminist movements are absolutely different, especially those seeking chaos, destruction and disqualification. It has nothing to do with the marches that we have seen in our country, that massive march that was of women for Peace, women for just causes “he assured.
When asked about her training and experience in gender issues, the minister said that “In order to know gender, sorority, which is a word that speaks of the fraternity that has to exist among women, you have to be a woman.”
In that sense, he added that “violence, also disqualification of women, is a violation of human rights. So when we talk about human rights, let’s talk that not only a political sector in our country has human rights, all Chileans have them. ”
To conclude that “I have the pride of life to be a mother and above all, to understand what a large percentage of heads of household suffer day by day who not only have to fight against injustices, but also to break the obstacles that the system puts in place ”.
Known her words, some opposition parliamentarians criticized the statements of the Minister for Women.
The deputy of Commons, Camila Rojas, She indicated that “in her first interview, Macarena Santelices says that fighting for women’s rights is feminism, immediately afterwards, says feminist movements were not involved in major marches, and attributes “chaos, destruction and disqualification” to them. It goes like an airplane. ”
Your pair of PS, Maya Fernández, he assured, while “We have a minister who will not work with the feminist movements that have been denouncing and fighting against all kinds of violence against women for years., just now that the numbers of domestic violence have increased ”.
While the president and deputy of Social Convergence, Gael Yeomans, she declared: “Nice way to split the Women’s Ministry: Attack feminist movements accusing them of chaos and destruction. Bolsonaro’s minister seems like I read over there ”.
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