This year let’s celebrate … a belated discission about women’s rights in Chile | Catalina May

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This year let’s celebrate … a belated discission about women’s rights in Chile | Catalina May

International Women’s Day: Maternity leave is now longer and abortion is on the agenda, but there is still a way to goLast month, the Chilean president Sebastián Piñera celebrated the fact that 30,000 women have taken up an offer of extended maternity leave, allowing mothers six months off rather than three. The new parental leave law came in last October and is regarded by the current government as the biggest achievement for women’s rights in recent years.