OBS_VALUE: The Chilean Constitution garantees that men and women are equal before the law, but the Commerce Code has some discriminatory measures, such as:- to the married woman that is merchant will be applied the provisions of article 150 of the Civil Code, which determines, for instance, that married women of any age may freely dedicate themselves to the exercise of a job, trade, profession or industry, but is up to them to prove, both with respect to her husband and third parties, the origin and ownership of the assets acquired on their trade (Article 11);- a married woman will not be considered a merchant if she does not carry out a business separate from that of her husband (Article 14);- divorced women and those separated regarding property can trade, prior to the registration and publication of the divorce and separation decree or the marriage agreements, as the case may be, and subjecting themselves, in addition, if they are under eighteen years of age, to the rules concerning minors in custody (Article 16).Legislation applicable to this sector does not discriminate between men and women.