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Women's suffrage in Uruguay was practically established between 1917 and 1938. Women's suffrage was announced as a principle in the Constitution of Uruguay of 1917, and declared as law in a decree of 1932. The first national election in which women voted was the 1938 Uruguayan general election. [1]
Women in Uruguay are women who were born in, who live in, and are from Uruguay. According to Countries and Their Cultures , there is a "very high proportion" of Uruguayan women participating in the labor force of the South American country.
The Uruguayan Women's Suffrage Alliance (Alianza Uruguaya por el Sufragio Femenino, or simply Alianza) was a Uruguayan women's suffrage organization. The Alianza was cofounded by Paulina Luisi in August 1919, breaking away from CONAMU to concentrate on pressing for women's suffrage.
Thousands of women took the streets of the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo on Friday, to protest against a rape case that has shocked the country. (Jan. 29)
Paulina Luisi Janicki (1875–1950) was a leader of the feminist movement in Uruguay.She was born in Colón, Argentina, on 22 September 1875 into a family of educators.In 1909, she became the first Uruguayan woman to earn a medical degree.
Uruguay is generally committed to the promotion and protection of human rights and ranks as the most rights conscious nation in South America. [6] However areas of concern remain, including inhumane prison facilities, access to justice for crimes committed as a result of the dictatorship and discrimination towards women.
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