“The Ministry of Women for what is use is to concentrate power under sensitivity. What do I mean by this? Any mine of Argentina can go and know that there is a piece of power that will play for it, in the way I can, to solve the problem. That was the opposite of what happened,” he explained OFELIA FERNÁNDEZ In its column “The suspicions of Ofelia” of the Sleaming Platform gelatin and spread in the networks by the “censored black” user.
The former Buenos Aires legislator shot at the presidential management of Alberto Fernández and, in particular, against the questioned Ministry of Women, created in the Kirchner government. “I did not stop receiving mines that bounced from the Ministry of Women, who were going with a specific case. The Ministry did not have a specific jurisdiction and what I answered was’ I have no specific jurisdiction. Big homeland.
In his opinion segment, Ofelia Fernández exemplified how he had to personally get involved in situations of vulnerability of women in the ability of the executive portfolio. A questioning that several leaders of different opposition fronts indicated and pointed at that time against the government agency. One of the most severe critics of the Ministry was Javier Milei, which announced its definitive closure in full presidential campaign.
He Ministry of Women, Genres and Diversity was created at the beginning of the government of Alberto Fernándezin December 2019, with the intention of hierarchizing public policies for gender equality, the prevention of violence against women and the promotion of rights for historically relegated groups. The portfolio was conceived as a political sign of commitment to the feminist agenda that had taken great strength in the Argentine streets from the mobilizations of Ni One less and the struggle for the legalization of abortion.
During the Peronist management he was in front Elizabeth Gómez Alcortalawyer linked to the defense of human rights, who held the position until October 2022, when he resigned in the midst of internal tensions linked to the eviction of Mapuche communities in Villa Mascardi. After leaving, the ministry was in the hands of Ayelén MazzinaPuntana leader of provincial Peronism, who led the agency until the end of the mandate in December 2023.
Since its inception, the portfolio was target of questions, both from the opposition and from social sectors that indicated the lack of concrete results against the increase in femicides, as well as delays in economic and housing assistance for women in a situation of violence. The budget spending for the bureaucratic structure was also criticized against the difficulty of bringing rapid and effective responses to the territories.
However, the most resonant controversy that involved the ministry occurred once the Kirchnerist period was finished and the body was closed by the new libertarian administration. The controversy occurred following versions about an episode of gender violence in the Olivos residence, when it transpired that Fabiola Yañez He had denounced abuse, by Alberto Fernández, in a context of marriage crisis. While there was never a formal judicial presentation or public statements of the then First Lady, Mazzina was indicated for having avoided taking action on the matter upon learning, for the confession of the alleged victim, that the president exercised physical and psychological violence to his partner. In various reports, the former official has denied knowing about the subject at that time.
The contradiction that represented that an agency created to combat gender violence would be silent in the face of rumors of a case that directly involved the President exposed the political limits and institutional fragility of the portfolio, which ended up traveling the rest of the management in the midst of criticism, budget cuts and a growing sensation of disconnection with the urgency of social claims.
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