the economist Mercedes D’Alessandro presented this Monday, March 29, his resignation as head of the Directorate of Economy, Equality and Gender of the Ministry of Economy. He was from the minister’s kidney Martin Guzman. She will be replaced by the one who seconded her in the area, the sociologist Sun Tight.
The missionary, who before accepting the position in 2019 lived in New York, considered that she had already completed its cycleafter two and a half years of management.
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The former director of Equality and Gender of the Ministry of Economy, Mercedes D’Alessandro.
Gender parity in the Cabinet, the questioning of Mercedes D’Alessandro
According to some versions, D’Alessandro was Dissatisfied with the lack of gender parity in the Cabinetwhich reduced the female presence at the head of the ministries, leaving only Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta standing in the portfolio of Women, Gender and Diversity, and Carla Vizzotti in Health.
In her farewell message that she posted on her Twitter account, the official – who will leave office this week – thanked the president Alberto Fernandezto the vice president Cristina Kirchner and the Minister of Economy, Martin Guzman“for having created a institutional space so important for women and diversities such as the National Directorate of Economy, Equality and Gender” within the scope of the Ministry of Economy.
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D’Alessandro disagreed with the Cabinet’s lack of gender parity.
Mercedes D’Alessandro was chosen by ‘Time’ magazine
“It is a pride to have had your trust for this milestone,” he stressed, and stated that he is leaving the function “very happy because the results of our work are visible: Argentine women set a record for activity and employment.” “We built that together with #MujeresGoverning throughout the country,” she emphasized.
And he mentioned the “great challenges” that he faced from the Directorate that he heads: “collaborating with the design and start-up of the IFEof the 1st Budget with a gender perspective, Menstrual Justice, measurement of the contribution of care to the GDP”.
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D’Alessandro delayed his resignation so that he would not be “stuck” to an alleged critical position in the midst of the intense debate that took place within the official ranks on the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). .
In fact, the economist attended Congress to defend the initiative of understanding with the Fund, for which she herself had collaborated in the negotiation, on issues such as the gender agenda, social spending and pensions.
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Who is Mercedes D’Alessandro
D’Alessandro was born in Posadas, Misiones and received his doctorate in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires. In this house of higher studies he taught for 15 years. She was also director of Political Economy at the National University of General Sarmiento and founded the NGO Feminist Economy, which is dedicated to the dissemination of economic and feminist issues.
In 2016, she published the book “Feminist Economics. How to build an egalitarian society (without losing glamour)”, which is in its fifth edition and has sold more than 25,000 copies in Argentina, Spain, Colombia and Mexico.
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In 2018, she was chosen as one of the most relevant intellectuals in Ibero-America by Fundación Avina and L’Óreal Paris selected her for a photo exhibition of the most inspiring Argentine women in recent years. In 2019, she was recognized as a Social Entrepreneur by Ashoka Argentina.
In 2021, The Time magazine chose Mercedes D’Alessandronational director of Economy, Equality and Gender of the Ministry of Economy of the Nation, as one of the 100 most influential people of emerging countries 2021.
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