May 14, 2021 #Global Chile #Marca Chile

'A game-changing moment': Chile constitution could set new gender equality standard

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Women's rights activists in Chile say that the country's new constitution will catalyze progress for women in the country - and could set a new global standard for gender equality in politics.

In a two-day vote this weekend, Chileans will elect a 155-strong citizens' assembly to write a new constitution for the country - the first anywhere in the world to be written by an equal number of men and women.

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