Institutional Constraints to Engendering the Health Sector in Bachelet’s Chile

Gideon, Jasmine; Minte, Gabriela Alvarez

doi:10.1057/9781137501981_7

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“…Attention has been given elsewhere to how ideas around motherhood are played out in the public health sector (Alvarez Minte, 2020;Pieper Mooney, 2009;Zárate, 2020), therefore we predominantly focus our discussion here on the private sector. Nevertheless, given that the majority of women are registered in the public system it is important to note that here too women's mothering role is also 'praised' while access to sexual and reproductive health care and rights remains limited (Gideon and Alvarez Minte, 2016). Challenges to these curbs on women's reproductive rights have had some success, for example Bachelet was eventually able to introduce legislation ensuring universal access to emergency contraception (EC) in the public health system and in 2017 the decriminalization of abortion in three cases.…”

Section: Private Healthcare: Praise It and Pay For Itmentioning

confidence: 99%

Protecting, Empowering, or Penalizing Motherhood? The Contradictory Treatment of Women in Chilean Social Policies

Gideon

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Minte³

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Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State &Amp; Society

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This article contributes to the discussion of gendered social policy in Latin America. Despite considerable attention to the Chilean case, few studies have provided a comparative analysis of how the articulation of gender through motherhood differs across social sectors. We contrast the case of the health sector with the examples of housing and labor market policies to demonstrate that the framing of motherhood in Chilean social policies is not uniformly articulated. We note the diverse and contradictory nature of gendered narratives and practices across the sectors and argue that it still predominantly shapes women’s access to social policy.

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Section: Private Healthcare: Praise It and Pay For Itmentioning

confidence: 99%