Women in Chile worry that their hard-won freedoms could be rolled back if Sunday's election puts the hard-right frontrunner in office. Supporters of communist Jeannette Jara carried signs reading "Women who fight vote for Jara" at a rally last month

Women in Chile worry that their hard-won freedoms could be rolled back if Sunday's election puts the hard-right frontrunner in office. Supporters of communist Jeannette Jara carried signs reading "Women who fight vote for Jara" at a rally last month

 Rodrigo ARANGUA

The emergence of a hard-right frontrunner in Chile's presidential election on Sunday has left many worried that hard-won women's freedoms could be rolled back. 

Chile has long been among Latin America's most conservative countries, with society and policy shaped by a powerful Catholic Church. 

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