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Colombia Internacional
Print version ISSN 0121-5612
Abstract
SUAREZ-CAO, Julieta. Women Just Wanna Have Quotas: The Gender Divide on Affirmative Action in the Chilean Right. colomb.int. [online]. 2023, n.115, pp.25-55. Epub June 13, 2023. ISSN 0121-5612. https://doi.org/10.7440/colombiaint115.2023.02.
Objective/context:
This article examines attitudes towards gender quotas by right-wing leadership in Chile and assesses gender gaps in supporting affirmative action.
Methodology:
The study uses original data from a survey of leaders of Chile Vamos, a right-wing political alliance in Chile. A series of logistic models with finite-sample corrections are estimated to examine the attitudes of right-wing leaders towards gender quotas and support for affirmative action policies. The models control for various demographic and political factors that may affect attitudes towards affirmative action.
Conclusions:
The findings for right-wing women in Chile are similar to those for Northern democracies. Right-wing elites show a significant gender gap on issues related to affirmative action and gender equality. Right-wing women are more likely to support affirmative action policies than their male counterparts.
Originality:
Quotas increase women’s autonomy and recognize that women are historically disadvantaged. The findings of this article support the importance of descriptive representation to the extent that attitudes of right-wing women differ significantly on issues close to their gender.
Keywords : Chile; gender gap; gender quotas; political parties.