2024-02-21 13:07:46
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«In an explicitly anti-feminist government, with a president who denies violence for reasons of gender, the fact that the new undersecretary is a person who has been working on the issue is at least a positive point.«, writes the journalist and specialist in gender violence issues Mariana Carbajal in Pagina 12. Last night the appointment of who will be in charge of the area of the Ministry of Human Capital to which the Ministry was reduced and dehierarchized was announced. of Women, Gender and Diversity.
Secondly published will be Claudia Barcia, the new Undersecretary of Protection against Gender Violence. The exfiscal It will depend on the Ministry of Human Capital of the Nation, led by Sandra Pettovello.
Barcia served as Criminal, Contraventional prosecutor and of Misdemeanors of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, specialized in gender violence.
According to her resume, the new official is also an expert in criminal procedure reform, a trainer in criminal litigation, criminal matters and criminal procedure and judicial management and an international consultant in gender violence and oral criminal litigation.
His designation has a particular fact: according to decree 160/2024 published in the Official Gazette with the signatures of president Javier Milei and Pettovello Barcia will hold his position on an “ad honorem” basis. The designation is retroactive to February 1.
Paper for Minister Pettovello
A few weeks ago, various civil society organizations such as Amnesty International, Cels, La Casa del Encuentro, Latin American Justice and Gender Team and many more who work on the problem of gender violence told him your concernTo Minister Sandra Pettovello regarding the Sustaining the commitments assumed and public policies aimed at the prevention, care and protection of women and LGBTQ in situations of violence. They sent him a letter and requested a meeting.
«It is urgent to tell with answers about resources and concrete plans about how this urgency will be addressed», They specify, and continue, “the Argentine government has the responsibility and obligation to implement public policies for the prevention, protection, sanction and eradication of all forms of violence that threaten the integrity and life of women and LGBTQ people.”
For her part, the Minister of Women, Gender Policies and Diversity of the province of Buenos Aires, Estela Díaz, made a strong complaint against the Government of Javier Milei. She argued for the discontinuation of crucial programs to assist women in situations of gender violence. She according to the officialthis is a measure that directly affects the Accompany and Feed programs.
Minister Díaz described the situation as “very serious” and expressed her concern about the de-hierarchical nature of gender policies in general. Furthermore, sHe noted that these cuts occurred in a context in which the Ministry of Women was eliminated at the national level, reducating him to an undersecretary with a more narrow focus.
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