Camila Musante Explained

Camila Musante
Birth Date:1990 2, df=y
Birth Place:Valdivia, Chile
Party:Independent
Constituency2:District 14
Office2:Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
Term Start2:11 March 2022

Camila Fernanda Musante Müller (born 6 February 1990) is a Chilean lawyer, feminist activist and politician. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies for district 14 in 2021, she is one of the first openly bisexual Chilean congresswomen along with Francisca Bello.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Musante studied law at the Major University, graduating as a lawyer in 2015,[3] and has a master's degree in environmental law. She is a member of the Association of Feminist Lawyers (Abofem) where she served as deputy director of Public Law [4] and director of the Agua para el Pueblo Foundation.

In 2018, Musante was a member of the Chile Environmental Law Observatory, belonging to the Autonomous University of Chile, and in 2019 she was part of the Chilean Human Rights Commission.[5] [6] She has also served as a member of the Center for Constitutional and Administrative Studies of the Major University, of which she was its founder, and as a columnist in the digital medium El Desconcierto.[7]

Political career

From 2020 to 2021, Musante was a member of the Common Force, a political movement headed by Fernando Atria and part of the Broad Front.[8] In the conventional constituent elections, she applied as an independent candidate in a Democratic Revolution quota in the Apruebo Dignidad pact for district No. 14, but was not elected.[4] [5] Later, in the parliamentary elections held in November of the same year, she was elected as deputy for the 14th district for AD as an independent in a Commons quota;[9] she became one of the congresswomen representing sexual diversity along with Francisca Bello, Marcela Riquelme and Emilia Schneider.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Camila Fernanda Musante Muller . La Tercera . 9 November 2021 . 27 January 2022. es.
  2. Web site: Nace una "bancada disidente" en el Congreso: quiénes son las 4 diputadas electas LGTBIQ+ . Middleton. Javier . The Clinic . 26 November 2021 . 27 January 2022. es.
  3. Web site: Universidad Mayor sede Temuco graduó a nuevos profesionales en solemne ceremonia . https://web.archive.org/web/20220127190321/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:n6z8ggWR2pcJ:antiguo.diariomayor.cl/detallenot/detallenot-mundomayor.index/4089/+&cd=1&hl=es-419&ct=clnk&gl=cl . dead . January 27, 2022 . 23 January 2015 . Silva. Abelardo . 27 January 2022 .
  4. Web site: Camila Musante, candidata constituyente independiente: "Lucharé por la primera Constitución ecofeminista en el mundo" . El Desconcierto . 10 January 2021 . 27 January 2022 . Llanos Chacón. Talía .
  5. Web site: CAMILA MUSANTE, DIPUTADA (D14): "NUESTRO DERECHO EN GENERAL NO TIENE UN ENFOQUE O UNA MIRADA HACIA EL MEDIO AMBIENTE" . 15 December 2021 . Radio Juan Gómez Millas . 27 January 2022 .
  6. Web site: La ecofeminista Camila Musante inscribe su candidatura a diputada por el distrito 14 . El Desconcierto . 1 September 2021 . 27 January 2022 .
  7. Web site: Nueva Abogada querellante dijo que hay obligaciones que santa marta no ha cumplido y en eso se concentrará . El Labrador . LitoralPress . 3 October 2021 . 27 January 2022 .
  8. Web site: Camila Musante, candidata por el D14, y activistas: «Debe existir protección, sino vamos a tener más casos como el de Macarena Valdés» . 2022-01-28 . Escobar . Rubén . El Desconcierto .
  9. Web site: Latam 2021: Diputadas y funcionarias LGBT+ que llegaron a la política . Flores, Ana . Homosensual . 21 December 2021 . 27 January 2022 .

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