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Chile's Law 21.369 – Preventing and Sanctioning Gender Violence in Higher Education (2021)

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 71% 48/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Promulgated August 2021, Chile’s Law 21.369 obliges every higher education institution to adopt Gender Protocols on sexual harassment and gender-based violence; by Nov 2022, 96.3% of universities reported comprehensive policies and 100% had all Prevention Model elements in place.

96.3% share of institutions
Universities with comprehensive Gender Protocol policies (Nov 2022)
100% share of institutions
Universities with all Prevention Model elements in place (Nov 2022)
Chile's Law 21.369 – Preventing and Sanctioning Gender Violence in Higher Education (2021)

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Ministerio de Educación de Chile / Superintendencia de Educación Superior
Period
2021–present
Keywords
education, legislation, government

Context

Chile's 2018 'Mayo Feminista' - large-scale university occupations demanding institutional accountability for sexual violence - produced years of parliamentary pressure that culminated in Law 21.369, promulgated 30 August 2021.

Objectives

To require every higher education institution (public and private universities, professional institutes and technical training centres) to adopt a Gender Protocol covering a sexual harassment prevention model, investigation procedures with due-process guarantees, a graded sanction regime, victim support and reparation pathways, and curricular integration of gender equality.

Activities

The Superintendencia de Educación Superior (SES) was assigned oversight and enforcement, covering more than 200 institutions and the entire university community.

Results

SES's November 2022 oversight report found 96.3% of universities with comprehensive policies covering prevention and investigation/sanction, and 100% with all Prevention Model elements in place.

Conclusions

Independent researchers (Red de Investigadoras, 2024) document a structural gap between formal compliance and substantive effectiveness - in cultural adoption, depth of curriculum integration and complaint-processing efficiency - and no systemic data on victim reporting rates or case outcomes has yet been published.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)
Staffing & skills
Superintendencia de Educación Superior (SES) - oversight and enforcement, 200+ higher education institutions - protocol adoption and administration

Conditions for success

  • A legal mandate applying uniformly to all higher-education institutions, public and private
  • A single oversight body (SES) with enforcement authority and reporting requirements

Common failure modes

  • Red de Investigadoras (2024) documents a structural gap between formal policy compliance and substantive cultural/effectiveness change
  • No systemic data on victim reporting rates or complaint-resolution outcomes has been published

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