"Chile has made progress in gender equity, although much work remains to be done".
"Chilean women are playing a transformative role in historically masculinized industries such as mining."
"Female leadership tends to be more inclusive."
We believe in a Chile full of brave, strong and innovative women. Women who contribute to the recognition and reputation of the country before the world and who stand out for their brilliance, essence and contribution to a diverse Chile.
Latin American country to enact the Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP).
Women make up 51.26% of the electoral roll
The percentage of women appointed to Senior Public Management positions reached 42%.
Chile is a country where the presence and contribution of women defines who we are. At Fundación Imagen de Chile we believe that this is something we have to show to the world".
Rossana Dresdner Executive Director of Fundación Imagen de Chile
There have been significant advances in equality and equity, not only focused on increasing the percentage of women, but also on substantially transforming the culture of our organizations".
Amparo Cornejo Vice President South America, Teck Mining, Chile
Female leadership tends to be more inclusive."
Gloria de la Fuente Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Chile
Women are key in the construction of Chilean identity. They have broken different barriers, creating in diverse areas a world in which they can dare to imagine."
Barbara Hernandez Swimmer
From the trade policy we are giving greater visibility to female entrepreneurship and to a greater incorporation of women in international trade".
Marcela Otero Director General of Multilateral Economic Affairs
Women are a very important component in Chile's recognition abroad. Throughout Chile's history they have contributed not only to our country, but also to the global world."
Claudia Sanhueza Undersecretary for International Economic Relations
Where there is a tree to plant, you plant it. Where there's a wrong to be righted, you make it right. Where there is an effort that everyone else shirks, you do it. Be the one who moves the stone out of the way."
Gabriela Mistral First Latin American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature
Feminists are not enemies of men. We do not ask for privileges, nor protection, we want equality."
Elena Caffarena Lawyer, jurist and feminist figure in Chile.
Instruction, as many claim, is not a woman's undoing: it is her salvation."
Eloísa Díaz First Chilean woman medical student
It is true that I am a woman, but I am not married and have no children, and I can prove that I am capable of anything."
Lenka Franulic National Journalism Award
It is time for women to participate, on equal terms, in the management of the world. We are great administrators and we have been left aside for centuries".
Isabel Allende The most widely read Spanish-language writer in the world.
Column : France and Chile: key partners for global challenges
October 23, 2024
"We Care" and "Chile, country of women" campaigns are finalists in the City Nation Place Awards 2024
October 1, 2024
Column : Mining for global sustainability
September 2, 2024
Column | Presence of Chilean wines in the world and their role in the promotion of the country's image
July 18, 2024
Anahí Urquiza, member of the H2V Strategic Committee: "Chile conveys an attractive image for the development of ...
July 8, 2024
Antarctic women: six stories of Chilean women on the White Continent
June 11, 2024
Column : Sustainability, democracy and diversity: what Chile shows the world
June 5, 2024
Five cases of female innovation in the Chilean recycling industry
May 17, 2024
Director of Teatro a Mil to receive the Goethe Medal 2024 from the German government
April 26, 2024
Scientists from the Universidad de Chile are awarded in the international contest "25 Women in Science".
April 23, 2024
Fundación Imagen de Chile incorporates four new members to its board of directors
March 21, 2024
Imagen de Chile and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs launch the campaign "Chile, country of women", together with different female authorities
March 19, 2024
Column : Chile, a country of powerful women
March 8, 2024
Strong, innovative and empowered: the identity of today's Chilean woman through eight stories
March 4, 2024
Chilean activist Isabel Farías Meyer is highlighted as part of the 100 inspirational women in 2023
December 1, 2023
Who is Rosario Navarro, the first woman leader of Chile's most powerful industry association, and what does she think?
June 29, 2023
Gloria de la Fuente, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs: "Feminist foreign policy is an imperative in democratic...
June 14, 2023
Five Chilean Poets Who Stand Out in International Literature
March 21, 2023
Rossana Dresdner, executive director: "At Imagen de Chile we have set out to make gender equity one of the most important...
March 8, 2023
On World Women's Entrepreneurship Day: Four women who are undertaking from Chile to the world
November 18, 2022
Learn about the diverse stories of Chilean women who stand out for their essence and contribution to a diverse, democratic and sustainable Chile.
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1855 - 1950
Eloísa Díaz
First Chilean woman to graduate as a physician (1886), being awarded several times, becoming the best student in medical clinic and obstetrics.
1886 - 1975
Amanda Labarca
Teacher, writer and feminist activist. In 1945 Amanda was elected president of the Chilean Federation of Feminist Institutions (Fechif).
1889 - 1957
Gabriela Mistral
Professor, diplomat and poet, she is one of the most relevant figures of world literature. In 1945 she won the first Nobel Prize in Literature for a Latin American author.
1902 - 1984
Graciela Mandujano
Defender of women's social, political and economic rights and one of the promoters of women's suffrage in Chile. She was one of the founders of the first women's party in Chile called Partido Cívico Femenino (1922) and of the Movimiento Pro-Emancipación de las Mujeres de Chile (1931).
1903 - 2003
Elena Caffarena
Lawyer, jurist and feminist figure. She dedicated her life to fighting for the working class and women's emancipation in Chile. Together with Flor Heredia, she drafted the bill that would allow women to vote in all elections.
1908 - 1961
Lenka Franulic
Considered the first Chilean woman to work as a journalist. She received the National Journalism Award, mention chronicle in 1957 and the Award of the Professional Society of Women Journalists of the United States, the first and only Chilean woman so far to receive this award.
1910 - 1980
María Luisa Bombal
Writer, considered one of the first exponents of the contemporary Latin American novel. She was awarded the Ricardo Latcham Prize in 1974, the Chilean Academy of Language Prize in 1976 and the Joaquín Edwards Bello Prize in 1978.
1911 - 2015
Adriana Olguín de Baltra
Chilean lawyer and politician. She was the first woman and Latin American to become a minister, heading the Justice portfolio under the government of Gabriel González Videla.
1917 - 1967
Violeta Parra
Chilean musician and artist. She was the first Latin American to exhibit at the Museum of Decorative Arts, Marsan Pavilion of the Louvre Palace in France. Here she exhibited her sackcloth, oil paintings and wire sculptures in 1964.
1918 - 2015
Margot Loyola
Folklorist, composer, guitarist, pianist and researcher of Chilean folklore from the most remote regions of Chile. She collected and assimilated a great deal of material.
1920 - 2018
Margot Duhalde
Aviator, first war pilot of the country and pioneer of aviation in Latin America. She flew planes with the British Air Force to fight against the Nazis in World War II.
1933 - 2020
Marlene Ahrens
Chilean athlete considered the best sportswoman in the history of our country. In the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games, Marlene Ahrens threw the javelin at a distance of 50.38 meters, which earned her the silver medal. She is the first and only Chilean to win a medal at the Olympic Games.
1935 - 1999
Sola Sierra
Chilean human rights activist. She was president of the Agrupación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos between 1977 and 1999.
1946
Maria Teresa Ruiz
María Teresa Ruiz is a Chilean astrophysicist who has had a significant impact on the field of astronomy and science in general. Chile's National Prize for Exact Sciences (1997), in 2017 she won the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science.
1951
Michelle Bachelet
In 2006 she became the country's first female president. During her administration she emphasized gender parity and equality and the social agenda. She had her second term in office between 2014 and 2018. She was also the first president pro tempore of Unasur, and the first head of UN Women, the United Nations agency for gender equality.
1956
Jessica Lopez
Chilean commercial engineer and economist. In 2022, she became the first woman to chair Banco Estado, a position she left to head the Ministry of Public Works.
1975
Rosario Navarro
Chilean businesswoman. In May 2023, Rosario became the first woman to be elected president of SOFOFA in its 140 years of existence.
1985
Barbara Hernandez
Known as "The Ice Mermaid", she has consolidated her position as number one in the world ranking in icy waters, a discipline she has been practicing since 2014.
1987
Cari Letelier
She is an astrophotographer who studied Industrial Engineering and completed a Master's degree in Logistics. She is the first Chilean photographer to win NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day.
1989
Komal Dadlani
The first Chilean woman to win the prestigious international award for female entrepreneurship and the only woman among the 10 most innovative CEOs in the country.
1991
Christine Endler
Chilean professional soccer player. In 2021 she was recognized as the best goalkeeper in the world by the IFFHS and the following year by The Best FIFA as the best goalkeeper.
1990
Francisca Crovetto
Chilean sportswoman, specialist in skeet shooting (Skeet). She was awarded the National Sports Award in 2019. In 2024 she became the first woman to win a gold medal in the history of the Olympic Games.
1991
Francisca Muñoz
She is the first woman to command a Chilean Antarctic base. At the age of 33, the professional achieved this myth at the Gabriel González Viela Base of the Air Force (FACh), located 2,400 kilometers from the South Pole.
