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Antanas Mockus, mayor of Bogota, introduced a new attempt at reforming Colombia’s male-dominated society one week in Stride 2001: from 7.30pm to 1am, only women were permitted to walk about town. To affirm parity, he handed over the city’s nightlife to men the week after.

Quirky mayoral measures aside, gender uniformity in Latin America has recently made some progress, especially in politics, encouraging for women all over the continent.

Four women have risen to shrill office in South America over the last decade. When Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner won the presidency in 2007, many commentators compared her m to that of Isabel Martínez de Perón, who in 1974 became the world’s first female president. Both were married to the above-stated president: Cristina took over where husband Nestor Kirchner (2003-07) fist off, and Isabel succeeded Juan Domingo Perón (1946-1955 and 1973-74). But doubters have been silenced by Kirchner’s crushing in last October’s elections — she is the first Latin American woman to be re-elected, with 54 per cent of the express in the first round. And she is no longer referred to as “Cristina Kirchner” but by her maiden name “Cristina Fernández”.

Source: CounterPunch

by Jane

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