Sat 28th Sep - LONDON - Chilean Women 40 years on

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CHILEAN WOMEN 40 YEARS ON

Chilean Women: Their never-ending presence:
before, during and after the dictatorship

An event to highlight the role of Chilean women before, during and after the Pinochet dictatorship. At the same time, to pay tribute to all those who, because they were women suffered more intensely under the dictatorship, and to all those who loudly or quietly, alone or together, in Chile or in exile, actively contributed to the fight against the dictatorship.

SATURDAY 28th SEPTEMBER 2013

10.30am -17:00pm

Room GOR B04, 43 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PD

Birkbeck, University of London

Organise: Chilean Women in London

Sponsors/Supporters: Geography, Environment and Development Studies – Birkbeck, University of London, Association of Chilean Former Political Prisoners in the UK, Women’s Environmental Network/WEN, UNITE, Global Women Strike, alborada.net,

Programme (*)

Registration from 10:00am, Room G04-B04 - Tea and Coffee

10:30 – 11:00 ‘Tales of Passion’ (Film) – Isabel Allende, author and activist, discusses women, creativity, the definition of feminism in her talk at TED conference.

11:00 – 11:30 Opening speech – Professor Maxime Molyneux, Director Institute of the Americas, University College London

11:30 – 12:30 Women during the Government of Allende

- Nidia : The years in which women were opening the big avenues – “The revolution requires the presence of the woman “

- Pelusa: Activism of women ´pobladoras´ during Allende´s government

- Iris: Rebuilding memories- My participation as a young Mirista during Allende´s government

- Chilean Women writers in the UK - Stories of women´s participation

12:30 – 13:00 Feminist Activism in Cuba and Chile

Speaker Elizabeth Dore, Professor Emeritus of Latin American Studies, University of Southampton, Associate Fellow Institute of the Americas.

13:00 – 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30-14:30 Women´s Resistance to Pinochet’s Dictatorship – Women in Arms

- Mireya: First acts of rebellion and resistance - memories of rebel women during the dictatorship

- Gloria: Rebels and Militants – an approach to the women member of the Frente Patriotico Manuel Rodrigues - FPMR

- Cristina: On “Women in Red & Black” - Memories of women mirirstas

- Maria: Mapuche Women Voices and Actions during dictatorship (source- a study by Margarita Calfio)

14:30-14:45 The impact on women´s health of forced resettlement - Chilean Women in Exile

Speaker Dr Jasmine Gideon, Lecturer in Development Studies, Department of Geography, Environment and Development Studies, Birkbeck, University of London.

- Carmen, Paula: Chilean women´s views and experiences on accessing health services in the UK

15:45-16:00 Break – Tea & Coffee

16:00-16:55 What Women want from the next Chilean President

- Nina, Global Women Strike: Seizing the time: women and popular governments

- Isabel: What Bachelet did (or didn´t do) for Chilean women during her presidency

- Petition to Chilean next President - Discussion chaired by Global Women Strike

17:00 Closing

(* subject to changes. )

Further information and programme: http://www.alborada.net/chile-women-0913

See also: http://chile40yearson.org/city/events/page/2/

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