The government has shut down what remained of the former Ministry of Women, Genders, and Diversity. The office had been demoted to an undersecretariat for protection against gender-based violence when President Javier Milei took office. Its head, Claudia Barcia, confirmed to the Herald she filed her resignation on Thursday after learning about this decision.

While the short-lived undersecretariat initially was under the Human Capital Ministry, two weeks ago it was transferred to the Justice Ministry led by Mariano Cúneo Libarona. The ministry has decided that all of the ex-undersecretariat’s tasks will now be handled by the human rights secretariat under Alberto Baños, sources confirmed to the Herald.

“The missions and programs that were under the Undersecretariat for Protection against Gender-based Violence will continue according to legal dispositions and conventional mandates,” a human rights secretariat source said. They declined to give any details on how this will be carried out.

Workers at the undersecretariat........

© Buenos Aires Herald