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Biography

A journalist with a specialization in Media Management from the Institute of Communication and Image at the University of Chile (2014). She has dedicated a significant part of her professional career to supporting the development and visibility of various social and political organizations in the country, standing out for her commitment to the feminist movement both in Chile and across Latin America.

She was a member of the School of Popular Communication from 2012 to 2015, and from that year until 2020 she served as an associate member of the Chilean Network against Violence toward Women in the Metropolitan Region.

In 2017, she joined the Gender Program Team for the presidential candidacy of Beatriz Sánchez, and three years later she became the coordinator for the Broad Front in the legislative initiative for gender parity in the constituent process, as well as coordinator of the Opposition Women’s Coalition and the campaign ‘Unidas por el Apruebo.’

She stands out, alongside Marcela Sandoval, as co-author of the monitoring report ‘Violence against Women in Chile during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Absent State’, submitted to UN High Commissioner Dubravka Šimonović in 2020.

For the 2021 presidential election, she served as Head of Social Organizations for the campaign of President Gabriel Boric and was a member of the feminist team for the Government Plan.

Antonia Orellana

Antonia Orellana

Minister of Women and Gender Equality of Chile