(en) anarkismo.net: Solidaridad #27 - Projections for a new
year of feminist struggle (ca) [machine translation]
The policies of the last twenty years, implemented by governments of the Concertación as
the New Majority, have been unable to cope with the great patriarchal violence in our
country. The unilateral, circumstantial and non-binding nature of such policies has
limited its potential to promote gender equality. Today's agenda Michelle Bachelet
government is torn between a welfare policy, focused primarily on women as mothers and
caregivers, and the promise of major reforms that would remove the country from its moral
conservatism, but ultimately remain in the hands of the same always. So while the power
bloc mouth fills talking about participation and democracy, we see are the stakeholders
who really dictate the operation of these policies, imposing endless difficulties of
political, social, organizational and operational nature that often , cause its fading
towards the misogynistic conservatism and misery that characterizes them.
The active participation of women in the formal labor market has been a key to economic
growth. First, the female labor force has grown considerably compared to male plus female
participation rate has shown a steady upward trend. However, participation is strongly
influenced by their area of residence and level of training: women in rural areas are the
least recorded variation in participation rates and are at a distinct disadvantage in
access to land and technology for exploitation (Correa, M., and Monckeberg, M. in Chilean
Women. Statistics for the New Century). However, higher levels of training will not ensure
smallest gap since, as evidenced by the CASEN survey of 2013 it has increased by 25%
compared to 2015 and increases to the extent that increase the years of study. Focus
therefore on women as beneficiaries (such as the program "Working Woman and Head of
Household" SERNAM) and not as active subjects occupationally gets overloading them as key
agents for economic growth enhance their multiple productive, reproductive and community
roles.
Moreover, although women are prominent on the national agenda, occupying important
positions in different sectors, each day outweighs the argument "to where they want to";
as if we we should settle for a woman, regardless of party position and value-based agenda
represent all women. The consequence is that women's organizations and feminists do not
appear relevant actors and are excluded from the national debate, even in matters like
abortion or femicide. This absence occurs at the same time recognizes business
organizations as agents with authoritative voice to lead the national agenda. Since gender
equality is not seen as a requirement to include in the specific stock enterprises, this
situation can bring a greater distance between the speech pro government gender equality
and actual practice.
An example of this is the budget aimed at gender as precarious funding programs aimed at
sexual and reproductive health, the lack of a sex education program and the complete
deregulation of access to contraception, requiring heterosexual women and not the will of
pechoños doctors, especially in vulnerable sectors that have ceded control of primary care
to Catholic institutions like the Catholic University and the University of the Andes, the
same, that are allowed to announce that no are willing to comply with law, if the abortion
is decriminalized, because they are more important than their moral lives of women tantrums.
The abortion threatens to remain non-law always subject to the interests and agenda of
different political parties. It is shameful to see how even after all the protests, the
power of the Church and the ultraconservative sectors outweigh international agreements,
the separation of church / state and the health situation of thousands of women who die
each year. However, feminists do not give up so easily and will continue our struggle
until the free abortion is a right guaranteed until we can live our sexuality free and
fully without fear of being judged if "took a sip of more" If our appearance and sexual
identity is not to the liking of hegemonic masculinity, or if not consecrate ourselves to
motherhood. Our struggle is solidarity, because if you play a (a unx, to one, whoever)
touch us all and we rest until vacated by 16 El Salvador, until no more girls and young
convicted exist "to not neglect their duties Mother "(as happened with the student
Salesian College in 17 years was formalized by frustrated abortion), until you walk
quietly in the streets a reality for todes, and be tratades with dignity in our homes,
schools , jobs, health centers and everywhere.
We know it can be difficult to read a written gender neutral word, maybe our demands seem
rather vague to many, but more difficult is to be one or not heterosexual afraid of being
burned with acid in its own population, a woman is killed by your partner that had no food
on time, and that your identity is not known to be abused in every aspect of your life,
from childhood to death, in a premature cases if you fall into the hands of a
"professional" without scruples.
2014 was a year full of feminist struggle, where thousands of women and feminist occupy
the streets to demand the right to decide about our own bodies and lives, but we are not
content just to leave, but we occupy each room to say enough to sexist oppression, student
assemblies, neighborhood council and unions, dusted banners and slogans to Shout them with
anger, but also with energy and determination of those who are tired of violence and
neglect. We witness as the social movement has been revitalized and every day more
organizations looking to build a new society, unfortunately in many cases, recycling old
prejudices about feminism and anti-patriarchal struggle. There are even some self-styled
revolutionaries who consider feminism as an obsolete project, reactionary in some cases,
or as the back of patriarchal oppression we face. To those colleagues assumptions, we
remind that feminism is not one, there are different proposals and forms of action, but as
feminists share the conviction that the capitalist system heteropatriarchal not fall
without struggle and organization and nobody will be free until all and we all are.
Related Link:
http://www.periodico-solidaridad.cl/2015/03/13/proyecciones-para-un-nuevo-ano-de-lucha-feminista/
http://www.anarkismo.net/article/28009
