The Ministry of Women, Genders and Diversity ( es, link=no, Ministerio de las Mujeres, Géneros y Diversidad; MMGyD) is a
ministry of the
Argentine Government tasked with overseeing the country's public policies on issues affecting women and gender and sexual minorities. The ministry was created in 2019, as one of the initial measures of
President Alberto Fernández; the first and current minister is
Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta.
The ministry overtook the responsibilities of the National Institute for Women (''Instituto Nacional de la Mujer''; INAM), which existed from 2017 to 2019.
Structure
The Ministry is subdivided into the following dependencies:
*Secretariat of Equality and Diversity Policies (''Secretaría de Políticas de Igualdad y Diversidad'')
**Undersecretariat of Equality Policies (''Subsecretaría de Políticas de Igualdad'')
**Undersecretariat of Diversity Policies (''Subsecretaría de Políticas de Diversidad'')
*Secretariat of Policies against Gender-based Violence (''Secretaría de Políticas contra la Violencia por Razones de Género'')
**Undersecretariat for a Comprehensive Approach to Gender-based Violence (''Subsecretaría de Abordaje Integral de la Violencia por Razones de Género'')
**Undersecretariat of Special Programmes against Gender-based Violence (''Subsecretaría de Programas Especiales contra la Violencia por Razones de Género'')
**Undersecretariat of Training, Research and Cultural Policies for Equality (''Subsecretaría de Formación, Investigación y Políticas Culturales para la Igualdad'')
Headquarters
The Ministry's offices are currently located across three other government facilities, the main one being the one located at Balcarce 186, in the
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
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barrio
''Barrio'' () is a Spanish word that means " quarter" or " neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residential, commercial, industrial, etc.), social, a ...
'' of
Monserrat. In April 2020 the government announced plans to house the whole ministry in the offices at Cochabamba 54, in the ''barrio'' of
San Telmo
San Telmo ("Saint Pedro González Telmo") is the oldest ''barrio'' (neighborhood) of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a well-preserved area of the Argentine metropolis and is characterized by its colonial buildings. Cafes, tango parlors and antiqu ...
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List of ministers
See also
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Feminism in Argentina
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LGBT rights in Argentina
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Women in Argentina
References
External links
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Argentina
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2019 establishments in Argentina
Presidency of Alberto Fernández
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