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the politics of motherhood maternity and womens rights in twentieth century chile
with the 2006 election of michelle bachelet as the first female president and women claiming fifty percent of her cabinet seats the political influence of chilean women has taken a major step forward . despite a seemingly liberal political climate chile has a murky history on womens rights and progress has been slow tenuous and in many cases non existent . br chronicling an era of unprecedented modernization and political transformation jadwiga e. pieper mooney examines the negotiations over womens rights and the politics of gender in chile throughout the twentieth century . centering her study on motherhood pieper mooney explores dramatic changes in health policy population paradigms and understandings of human rights and reveals that motherhood is hardly a private matter defined only by individual women or couples . instead it is intimately tied to public policies and political competitions on nation state and international levels . br the increased legitimacy of womens demands for rights both locally and globally has led to some improvements in gender equity . yet feminists in contemporary chile continue to face strong opposition from neoconservatism in the catholic church and a mixture of public apathy and legal wrangling over reproductive rights and health .
paperback univ of pittsburgh pr 2009 isbn13 9780822960430 isbn10 0822960435
book type nf isbn 13 9780822960430 number of pages 301 publisher univ of pittsburgh pr release date 62135769600000