Despite advances in gender equity in Chile, there is still a gap to be settled in relation to citizen participation. A reflection is proposed regarding the participation of women in public space. Through qualitative research in a post-catastrophe emergency camp, we see how women open new and alternative public spaces capable of accommodating specific demands. It is argued that post-disaster citizen participation is not considering gender aspects, even though women are the most active in contexts of precariousness and vulnerability, as in the case of the post-disaster emergency of the earthquake and tsunami that occurred in Chile in 2010.