Chile’s New President-Elect Sets out a Feminist Government

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric, center, poses for photos with his cabinet appointments in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Esteban Felix Last Friday, Chile’s new president-elect, Gabriel Boric, who ran on a progressive feminist platform, announced his first cabinet. Fourteen of the 24 ministers are women. This is not the only sign of Boric keeping his promise. Key political posts such as ministers of the interior, justice, and defense are to be occupied by women and, for the first time, the Ministry of Women and Gender Equity will be…

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