A gendered UBI proposal for the new Chilean constitution (or why being a surfer is not the same as being a caregiver)

IF 1.5 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Global Social Policy Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI:10.1177/14680181211048126

A. Zúñiga-Fajuri, Fuad Hatibovic, J. Gaete

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Abstract

Chile has become the first country in the world where an equal number of men and women will draft the new Constitution due a parity law that was passed in March 2020. In addition, this historic opportunity will take place during one of the worst health pandemics in recorded history, COVID-19, which has revealed deep gender inequalities. The new Chilean Constitution, drafted with gender parity, will have a unique opportunity to grant a right to a universal basic income (UBI), which has been targeted to address some of the worst consequences of the pandemic: the increase in poverty, unemployment, and vulnerability of women. This article reviews the theories developed to justify a UBI and the feminist critics who argue that not all UBI is equally advantageous to women. The misconception that a ‘morally neutral’ model is sufficient and women-friendly disregards the way in which it encourages stereotypes that feminists have fought for centuries. We argue for the development of public policies with a gender focus, especially the right to a ‘gendered UBI’. This means a UBI that meets two basic requirements: first, that every citizen or resident be guaranteed the same amount of income from birth; second, that caregivers be provided with management rights to turn the UBI into a compensatory income that can also promote changes in gender roles, encouraging men to become caregivers.

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智利新宪法的全民基本收入性别提案(或者为什么冲浪者和看护者不一样)

由于2020年3月通过了一项平等法，智利成为世界上第一个男女人数相等的国家起草新宪法。此外，这一历史性机遇将发生在有记录以来最严重的卫生大流行之一COVID-19期间，它揭示了严重的性别不平等。在性别平等的基础上起草的智利新宪法将有一个独特的机会授予全民基本收入的权利，其目标是解决这一流行病的一些最严重后果:贫困、失业和妇女脆弱性的增加。本文回顾了为证明全民基本收入的合理性而发展的理论，以及女权主义批评者，他们认为并非所有的全民基本收入都对女性同样有利。“道德中立”的模式就足够了，而且对女性友好，这种误解忽视了女权主义者几个世纪以来一直反对的刻板印象。我们主张制定以性别为重点的公共政策，特别是“性别化的全民基本收入”的权利。这意味着全民基本收入要满足两个基本要求:第一，保证每个公民或居民从出生起就获得相同的收入;第二，为照顾者提供管理权，将全民基本收入变成一种补偿性收入，这种收入也可以促进性别角色的变化，鼓励男性成为照顾者。

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Global Social Policy POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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3.20

自引率

6.70%

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期刊介绍： Global Social Policy is a fully peer-reviewed journal that advances the understanding of the impact of globalisation processes upon social policy and social development on the one hand, and the impact of social policy upon globalisation processes on the other hand. The journal analyses the contributions of a range of national and international actors, both governmental and non-governmental, to global social policy and social development discourse and practice. Global Social Policy publishes scholarly policy-oriented articles and reports that focus on aspects of social policy and social and human development as broadly defined in the context of globalisation be it in contemporary or historical contexts.