International

Women’s Day
2022
 Argentina is fully committed to
eliminating violence against women.
Argentina’s
Commitment Gender issues are a priority in the
political agenda at a national and
international level.
 Micaela was a young girl of 21 years old victim of a
femicide.

Micaela Law is She was raped and murdered in 2017 by a man who,
the result of having been convicted of sexual abuse of 2 women,
Women was on probation by a court decision.
Organizations Women Organizations demanded for more and
better training for all the public sector as Micaela’s
murder exposed the lack of knowledge and gender
awareness of the judiciary system.
 Enacted on December 19, 2018 by the Argentine
Congress and promulgated on January 10, 2019.

Micaela Law It establishes mandatory training on the issues of

nº 27.499 gender and violence against women for all the people
Content working in the public sector: executive, legislative
and judicial at all levels and hierarchies.

In person training for trainers, general training for all

authorities, specific training for type of organizations,
virtual and self managed ABC course.
 To change this reality, we need to be aware of the
gender bias across every level of Society.
To transform the bias, we need to have information,
training, focused public policies, goals and metrics.
To scale it we need to make it a national priority.
Women’s issues
are a priority for This is why the government of Argentina created the
Argentina first Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversities in
2019.

The Ministry design and start implementing a

National Plan Against Violences for Gender Reasons
2020-2023.
 Access to Justice

Argentine
Action Plan National Plan
to Reduce Protection
of Action Assistance
Violence 2020-2022
against Women
Prevention
  National Cabinet for the Mainstreaming of Gender
Policies.
 First National Budget with a Gender and Diversity
Other Perspective.
important  Interministerial Table of Care Policies & Federal City
actions of Map.
The Ministry  Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.
 The National Emergency Line for Violence Against
Women: #144.
 National Plan on Equity in Diversity 2023.
  Economic Autonomy of Women: Argentinas al
Mundo Program / Argentine Women to the
World Program.
The Ministry
 Argentina participates in the Global Alliance for
of Foreign Citizens at Generation Equality Forum.
Affairs Actions  Training on Micaela’s Law for public servants of
the MFA.
How can we
assist Women  The Consulate..
at the
Embassy ?
There is still  Prevention of violence against women.
improvement  Access to free legal advice.
to do on
 ONE VICTIM EVERY 29 HOURS IN 2021

Victims of Feminicides and

Travesticides.
Sons and daughters
were left without
Victims had filed a
complaint.
Femicides had issued
a precautionary
Victims in
presumption of
Victims were
pregnant.

Femicide en mother. measure of

prevention.
prostitution or
trafficking.

Argentina in
2021 Victims had
indications of
Victims were trans
women.
Victims were from Victims were
indigenous peoples. migrants.
Femicides
committed suicide.
sexual abuse.
 Registered cases of gender-based violence, according to the age of the person in a situation
of violence

Victims of
Femicide in
Argentina in
2021

Grouped Age
 Registered cases of gender-based violence, according to type of violence,
according to relationship with the aggressor. Data from January to April 2020.

Ex partner

Victims of Partner

Femicide en
Argentina in Family

2021 Other

No data
 Principal axes :
 PREVENTION
 ASSISTANCE
Argentine  PROTECTION
Action Plan  STRENGTHENING ACCESS TO JUSTICE
to Reduce
Violence With focus in :
against Women  Extreme violence (femicides, transvesticides and
transfemicides).
 The economic autonomy of people under violence.
 The cultural and structural dimension of gender-based
violence.
MICAELA LAW
From 2019- 2022:
4193 High-
ranking
Authorities
trained, over a
total of 9040.
46% On January 10, 2020, the President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, along
with his cabinet of Ministers and Secretaries, received training on the Micaela
Law in a clear manifestation of the importance that the current Administration
gives to the incorporation and mainstreaming of the gender and diversity
perspectives in the Public Sector.
  Reflect on the need to promote public policies with
gender perspective.
 Share tools to identify the processes that give rise to
gender inequalities;
 Raise awareness about the multiple power relations
between genders, in intersection with other
inequalities, that translate into obstacles to the full
Purpose of the exercise of rights.
trainings  Publicize the international, regional and national
regulatory framework related to gender, diversity and
gender-based violence.
 Raise awareness about the types and modalities of
gender-based violence.
 Take notice of particular contexts in order to address
gender perspective from the uniqueness of each area
and sector where Micaela Law is being implemented.
 Micaela law is a “KEY” for transformation which can
Paradigm effectively questioned the patriarchal culture and its
terrible consequences for our society.
shift:
 Training of public officers that is contextualized and
From permanent, focusing on intersectional and diversity
patriarcal to approaches and from the perspective of feminist
pedagogies.
gender  Central place is given to critical reflection on
equality. prejudices, stereotypes, practices and customs linked
to binary and androcentric cultural models.
  The Minister as well as 6 members of his cabinet were trained;
 30 High-ranking Authorities;
 Training of High-ranking Authorities in Representations
abroad to be carried out in April/May
Training at the
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs,
International
Trade and
Worship
 Recipients: all employees at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
Simultaneous It consists of 4 main axis:
virtual training  Concepts about gender;
course  Gender-based violence;
 International, regional and national
regulations;
 Tools to take action.
 National Cabinet for the Mainstreaming of Gender Policies (created
in August 2020)
 incorporate the gender and diversity perspective in all public
The Way policies of the Federal State;
 coordinate and agree on the commitments of each Ministry on
Forward gender issues;
 articulate joint strategies for monitoring their compliance and
develop training and specialized actions in each area to ensure
mainstreaming.