| Servicio Nacional de la Mujer | |
| Abbreviation | SERNAM |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1991 |
| Founder | Soledad Alvear |
| Type | GO |
| Legal status | Service |
| Purpose | Promoting the equality of men and women. |
Professional title | Servicio Nacional de la Mujer |
| Location | |
Region served | Chile |
The National Women's Service (Spanish: Servicio Nacional de la Mujer; SERNAM) is a public service in Chile, a functionally decentralized organization, with its own funding, which is part of the cabinet-level Ministry of Planning and Cooperation under the President of Chile, created January 3, 1991 by the Law N° 19,023, with the goal of promoting the equality of men and women.
SERNAM's founding mission was to collaborate with the executive in the study and proposal of general plans and measures in order that women may enjoy equality of rights and opportunities with men, in the process of political, social, economic, and cultural development of Chile.