Chilean designer who has showcased her creations at international events such as the recent Cannes Film Festival.
The first Latin American to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature was much more than an exceptional poet.
Women who contribute and make interesting contributions to this science for Chile and the world.
Chile País de Mujeres highlights the contribution of women to national development and highlights advances in gender equality as a distinctive feature of our identity. Through real stories, initiatives and public policies, we promote a country image based on inclusion and equality.
Latin American country to enact the Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP).
worldwide in the Global Gender Gap Report 2024.
Of the value exported by the country is generated by companies led by women.
I am finding more and more female counterparts in this sector. I find it fascinating that, within the entire energy sector, hydrogen is one of the areas where most progress is being made in gender equality. This sets a positive trend and an example for the rest of the energy industry to follow." H2News, 2024
Francisca Valenzuela Head of the Gender and Human Rights Office of the Ministry of Energy.
Every time a woman arrives to a position that has historically been occupied only by men, it necessarily opens a door to other women." La Tercera, 2024
Francisca Jünemann President Fundación Chile Mujeres
I am the first woman to preside over this institution and I feel the weight of that responsibility. However, I did not get here because I am a woman, but because of the call of a vocation that led me to study and work hard," Jiménez has assured when she assumed her new position." First speech, 2024.
Susana Jiménez President of the Confederation of Production and Commerce (CPC)
Chile is a country where the presence and contribution of women defines who we are. At Fundación Imagen de Chile we believe that this is something we have to show the world."
Rossana Dresdner
There have been significant advances in equality and equity, not only focused on increasing the percentage of women, but also on substantially transforming the culture of our organizations."
Amparo Cornejo Vice President South America, Teck Mining, Chile
Female leadership tends to be more inclusive."
Gloria de la Fuente Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Chile
In tourism and really especially with sustainability, actions for change, it is mostly women who drive those changes." Women in Tourism, 2024.
Josefa Valenzuela Trekking Guide in Patagonia. Co-founder of the Lenga Foundation.
Women are key in the construction of Chilean identity. They have broken different barriers, creating in diverse areas a world in which they can dare to imagine."
Barbara Hernandez Swimmer
Through trade policy, we are giving greater visibility to female entrepreneurship and to a greater incorporation of women in international trade."
Marcela Otero Director General of Multilateral Economic Affairs
Women form a very important component in Chile's recognition abroad. Throughout Chile's history they have contributed not only to our country, but also to the global world."
Claudia Sanhueza Undersecretary for International Economic Relations
In all the time I have been working in mining, I have seen its evolution. There are great advances that have allowed us to integrate more women and thanks to this, the challenges are mainly about daring to take positions that challenge us to grow." Mining Commitment, Outstanding Women 2024.
Kisa Buendia Rivera General Manager of SX Operations at SCM El Abra
Feminists are not enemies of men. We do not ask for privileges, nor protection, we want equality."
Elena Caffarena Lawyer, jurist and feminist figure in Chile.
Instruction, as many pretend, is not a woman's undoing: it is her salvation."
Eloísa Díaz First Chilean woman medical student
It is time for women to participate, on equal terms, in the management of the world. We are great managers and we have been left aside for centuries."
Isabel Allende The most widely read Spanish-language writer in the world.
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March 19, 2025
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Learn about the diverse stories of Chilean women who stand out for their essence and contribution to a diverse, democratic and sustainable Chile.
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2025
Pamela Figueroa
Councilor Pamela Figueroa assumed the presidency of the Board of Directors of the Electoral Service of Chile, marking a milestone in the country's electoral institutionality.
2024
Francisca Crovetto
Chilean sportswoman, specialist in skeet shooting (Skeet). She was awarded the National Sports Award in 2019. In 2024 she became the first woman to win a gold medal in the history of the Olympic Games.
2024
Susana Jimenez
In December 2024, she became president of the multi-business Confederation of Production and Commerce, the first woman to hold this position.
2024
Maite Alberdi
She is the first Chilean woman to receive the award for Best Ibero-American Film. The feature film "La memoria infinita", triumphed at the last Goya 2024 awards.
2024
Dorothy Perez
First woman to head the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic. With a resounding vote, the lawyer became the first woman to be nominated and to occupy this position in the 97-year history of this institution.
2024
Cristina Rojas
Colonel Cristina Rojas becomes the first woman to assume the position of director of the General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Carabineros School in its 116-year history.
2023
Komal Dadlani
The first Chilean to win the prestigious international award for female entrepreneurship, the only woman among the 10 most innovative CEOs in the country.
2023
Francisca Muñoz
She is the first woman to command a Chilean Antarctic base. At 33 years of age, the professional achieved this mit at the Gabriel González Viela Air Force Base (FACh), located 2,400 kilometers from the South Pole.
2023
Cari Letelier
She is an astrophotographer who studied Industrial Engineering and has a Master's degree in Logistics. She is the first Chilean photographer to win NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day.
2023
Rosario Navarro
Chilean businesswoman. In May 2023, Rosario became the first woman to be elected president of SOFOFA in its 140 years of existence.
2022
Jessica Lopez
Chilean commercial engineer and economist. In 2022 she became the first woman to chair Banco Estado, a position she left to head the Ministry of Public Works.
2022
Rosa Devés Alessandri
Academic of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile who was chosen by her peers as rector of the University of Chile, the first woman in almost 180 years of history.
2021
Christiane Endler
Chilean professional soccer player. In 2021 she was recognized as the best goalkeeper in the world by the IFFHS and the following year by The Best FIFA as the best goalkeeper.
2021
María Teresa Vial
She became the first president of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce, a non-profit trade association founded in 1919, which brings together more than 2,500 associated companies representing the most important economic sectors of the country.
2020
Barbara Hernandez
Known as "The Ice Mermaid", she has consolidated her position as number one in the world ranking in icy waters, a discipline she has been practicing since 2014. The athlete also achieved two Guinness World Records and is known for having completed the Seven Seas Challenge.
2006
Michelle Bachelet
In 2006 she became the country's first female president. During her administration she emphasized gender parity and equality and the social agenda. She had her second term in office between 2014 and 2018. She was also the first President Pro-Tempore of Unasur, and the first head of UN Women, the United Nations agency for gender equality.
1997
María Teresa Ruíz
First National Prize in Exact Sciences. María Teresa has had a significant impact in the field of astronomy and science, she was the first woman doctor in astrophysics at the prestigious Princeton University and the first president of the Chilean Academy of Sciences.
1994
Margot Loyola
1918 - 2015 - Folklorist, composer, guitarist, pianist and researcher of Chilean folklore from the most remote regions of Chile. She collected and assimilated a great deal of material.
1977
Sola Sierra
1935 - 1999 - Chilean human rights activist. She was president of the Agrupación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos between 1977 and 1999.
1964
Violeta Parra
1917 - 1967 - Chilean musician and artist. She was the first Latin American to exhibit at the Museum of Decorative Arts, Marsan Pavilion of the Louvre Palace in France. Here she exhibited her sackcloth, oil paintings and wire sculptures in 1964.
1957
Lenka Franulic
1908 - 1961 - Considered the first Chilean woman to work as a journalist. She received the National Journalism Award, mention chronicle in 1957 and the Award of the Professional Society of Women Journalists of the United States, the first and only Chilean woman so far to receive this award.
1956
Adriana Olguin
1911 - 2015 - Chilean lawyer and politician. She was the first woman and Latin American to become a minister, heading the Justice portfolio under the government of Gabriel González Videla.
1956
Marlene Ahrens
1933 - 2020 - Chilean athlete considered the best sportswoman in the history of our country. At the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games, Marlene Ahrens threw the javelin at a distance of 50.38 meters, which earned her the silver medal. She is the first and only Chilean to win a medal at the Olympic Games.
1945
Gabriela Mistral
1889 - 1957 - Professor, diplomat and poet, she is one of the most relevant figures of world literature. In 1945 she won the first Nobel Prize in Literature for a Latin American author.
1945
Amanda Labarca
1886 - 1975 - Teacher, writer and feminist activist. In 1945 Amanda was elected president of the Chilean Federation of Feminist Institutions (Fechif).
1939
Margot Duhalde
1920 - 2018 - Aviator, the country's first fighter pilot and a pioneer of aviation in Latin America. She flew planes with the British Air Force to fight against the Nazis in World War II.
1935
María Luisa Bombal
1910 - 1980 - Writer, considered one of the first exponents of the contemporary Latin American novel. She was awarded the Ricardo Latcham Prize in 1974, the Chilean Academy of Language Prize in 1976 and the Joaquín Edwards Bello Prize in 1978.
1931
Elena Caffarena
1903 - 2003 - Lawyer, jurist and feminist figure. She dedicated her life to fighting for the working class and women's emancipation in Chile. Together with Flor Heredia, she drafted the bill that would allow women to vote in all elections.
1931
Graciela Mandujano
1902 - 1984 - Defender of women's social, political and economic rights and one of the promoters of women's suffrage in Chile. She was one of the founders of the first women's party in Chile called Partido Cívico Femenino (1922) and of the Movimiento Pro-Emancipación de las Mujeres de Chile (1931).
1886
Eloísa Díaz
1855 - 1950 - First Chilean woman to graduate as a physician (1886), being awarded several times, becoming the best student in medical clinic and obstetrics.
National organizations and entities that work every day to support and promote women in different fields.
