The fight of women against violence in Chile is not a new issue. Although the “feminist wave” that was strongly formed in 2018 allowed to make violence against women visible, where progress has been made in public policies that aim to curb this situation, at the same time that the classification of femicide was expanded; even so, The figures continue to be shocking regarding the number of women who die each year as a result of femicide, and justice continues to do so in this matter.
Under this theme, Reggae Chalice presents "Not one less", single that features the voices of great talents not only from the Reggae Dancehall scene, but also rap and urban music, as they are Maialem, Almeyda of the Riddim, Mary Zion Y Kirmotta Black.
The unprecedented combination of female voices occurs in the context of a new commemoration of International Women's Day, and within the framework of Women's Month as March is considered, at a time when women have been hit even harder as a result of the pandemic that affects the world and is still in force; and that has caused a significant increase in violence against women in all aspects, physical, psychological, and economic.
It's more, "A preliminary study, carried out by the Millennium Institute for the Study of Market Imperfections and Public Policies, details that during 2020 the calls to the Fono Familia #149 of Carabineros added 24.806 between January and September, marking a strong increase of 43,8%. In the same period, formal complaints to the police fell into a 9,6%, registering a total of 65.466. The peak of calls for help to #149 was reached in may, with a 314% more than in the same month of 2019”, according to the newspaper CIPER Chile.
"Not one less" is a protest song, an anthem charged with fire in honor of the women who have been victims of the violence of a patriarchal system that leads to thousands and thousands of deaths of women for the fact of being a woman in the world and that in Chile adds victims daily.
In this new production, Reggae Culture Magazine ventures into a conscious Reggae Trap whose riddim was performed by High Beatz and Polo Isses for Reggae Chalice. The vocal mixing and mastering was in charge of Matías Malinarich from M2O Estudio. Graphic art by Jesús Aguilera and in photography Ameley Hume-Concha.
"Not one less" It is now available on Reggae Chalice's YouTube channel and the premiere of its video clip is projected for the end of March.
