translated from Spanish: Special feminist of the week policy by the 8M: “a battle is not enough”

With a panel exclusively formed by women journalists, El Mostrador analyzed in a special of the week political commemoration of 8 March, which has unprecedented element of this issue the call to strike general femini STA in the previous marches scheduled for this afternoon in Santiago and several cities across the country, Macarena Segovia, journalist for politics, opened analysis, putting emphasis on the advancement of the feminist movement. Segovia stressed that feminist waves showed that “a battle is not enough” and then the call to this unprecedented feminist general strike in Chile, even from home, that puts into question concepts such as patriarchy and capitalism, said.
In this context, Segovia analyzed the reluctant stance which has assumed the Pinera administration against this new wave. “The Government does not understand or does not want to understand it (the position of the movement)”, said, referring to figures as Minister of women, Isabel Plá, who has been in a position of “opposed” to the call.
In this line, María José Quesada, responsible for social networks from the counter, put focus on that the commemoration of this day of women cannot be attributed to a block party, given that it’s an “international movement”. And he recalled, moreover, that the movement also seeks to combat the “micromachismos” that are installed from the home with phrases like “anything looks prettier” or “behave as Miss”.
From the world of culture, Tatiana Oliveros – Coordinator of the counter culture – referred to the role of women in the creation and intellectual work, and how they have been historically invisible. Hence the importance of initiatives such as the “Editaton”, where women are involved Wikipedia to correct a historical account all lights incomplete. “And that is critical, because Wikipedia is the main material that children occupy the network,” said.
Among the challenges for feminism, Macarena Segovia identified the need for joint, as it is the case with communicators block that was organized to participate together in the March on Friday. Another outstanding task is to reach more vulnerable women, given that feminism has been identified in the first instance as a more academic cutting current, as admitted María José Quesada.
In this context, the media can also make your contribution from your instance, as El Mostrador has published a manual of style which includes the language non-sexist, undertakes to communicate from a gender perspective.

Original source in Spanish