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At a time when there has been a great deal of debate about women’s international rights and new areas of rights concerning women have begun to be defined, my aim in this chapter is to consider how such rights operate in specific class and cultural contexts. The area I shall discuss is the poblaciónes (low-income settlements) of southern Santiago, Chile. Whilst emphasising the particularity of cultural contexts, I also argue that international rights are applicable across cultural contexts. The process by which women interpret such rights and apply them in their lives illustrates how ‘rights’ and ‘citizenship’ can be used as strategic tools in negotiating their position in different contexts.
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Willmott, C. (2002). Constructing Citizenship in the Poblaciónes of Santiago, Chile: the Role of Reproductive and Sexual Rights. In: Craske, N., Molyneux, M. (eds) Gender and the Politics of Rights and Democracy in Latin America. Women’s Studies at York Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403914118_6
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