PUBLICACIÓN
SURVEY ON DISINFORMATION TO WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS OF CHILE
Año de desarrollo:
2022
2022
Financiamiento:
Fundación Multitudes
Fundación Multitudes

In only two years Chile has been facing a strong period of political campaigns in which the citizens have had to approach the urns in 6 different occasions between November 2020 and December 2022. Many of the activities, for example, the political campaigns, have become digital and social media has become more relevant since its where disinformation and fake news campaigns are mostly taking place. Women candidates have been the ones who are mainly using social media to contact their constituents given that they are free and they allow a direct way of interaction with the voters.
Analyse the surveys with women parliamentarians from Chile in order to get to know their experiences and stories in relation to their political life and the delegitimisation that they suffer because of disinformation campaigns in order to establish the firs data at a national level, compile conclusions, and generate recommendations.
The survey was anonymous and it consisted of:
During the year 2020, there were 36 congresswomen and 12 women senators.
Out of all of these, 25 answered (69,4% of the total amount of congresswomen) and half of the women senators answered.
In total, 31 out of 48 parliamentarians answered (64,5%).