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The Claim

Women's participation in decision-making positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile and the Ministry of National Defense of Chile is low.

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The Short Version

Available evidence shows women remain underrepresented in senior decision-making roles in both Chile’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense ministries. The strongest data concern Foreign Affairs, where women have made gains but still hold a minority of top posts such as ambassadorships and other senior ranks. Defense leadership also remains predominantly male, though ministry-wide quantitative data are less detailed.

Caveats

  • The term “decision-making positions” is broad; several cited figures measure top ranks such as ambassadors or senior managers, not every leadership post in each ministry.
  • Recent progress in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs matters: some broader leadership indicators are higher than the figures for the most senior diplomatic ranks.
  • Evidence for the Ministry of National Defense is more limited and often based on leadership composition rather than comprehensive ministry-wide gender statistics.

The Receipts

  1. Chile at the Forefront of Advancing Gender Equality in Public Administration: Three New Institutions Certified with the Gold Gender Equality Seal for Public Institutions

    UNDP / Gender Equality Seal for Public Institutions

  2. Political leadership roles in 2025: Men continue to dominate

    UN Women

  3. Cancillería aplicará variable de género en los cargos de las mujeres en la Cancillería y el Servicio Exterior

    Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile

  4. National Plan of Action, Chile (Women, Peace and Security)

    United Nations (Women, Peace and Security)

  5. Política exterior feminista de Chile

    Revista de Ciencia Política (Scielo Chile)

  6. Política exterior feminista: Chile anota récord de mujeres a cargo de las embajadas en el extranjero

    Foro Política Exterior / Ex-Ante

  7. Alta dirección pública y techo de cristal. Acceso de las mujeres a los cargos de la alta dirección pública (ADP) en Chile

    Estudios Políticos (Scielo México)

  8. Is Feminist Foreign Policy driving progress for women’s representation in foreign services?

    London School of Economics (LSE IDEAS)

  9. Alta dirección pública y techo de cristal. Acceso de las mujeres a los cargos de la alta dirección pública (ADP) en Chile

    Redalyc / Revista Estudios Políticos

  10. Statistics

    SecurityWomen

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Filed Under

ChileMinistry Of Foreign Affairs Of ChileMinistry of National Defense of Chile

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