Unidad Permanente de Género y Diversidad

  • P Project/Program

A Active

Key Information

The National Ministry of Education has established the Permanent Gender and Diversity Unit, which is tasked with coordinating the implementation of the Protocol for Addressing Gender-Related Violence within the ministry's purview. One of its primary functions is to advocate for a gender-inclusive approach when shaping policies across all domains and to ensure the adoption of procedures that foster discrimination-free, harassment-free, and gender-based violence-free work environments.The Gender Unit also plays a crucial role in providing technical support and guidance to various departments within the ministry, especially in integrating a gender perspective into legal frameworks and the development of new public policies. 

 

Lead Implementing Government(s)

Argentina

Location(s)

Latin America & Caribbean

Argentina

Activity URL

https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/educacion-creo-unidad-permanente-de-genero-y-diversidad-para-implementar-protocolo-contra

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2022 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Ministry of Education

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Yes

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other skills
  • Rights/empowerment education
Skills
  • Civics education

Cross-cutting areas

  • Community sensitization
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Sexual harassment & coercion
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Other community members - female, Other community members - male, School administrators, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Population of interest is not school-aged

School Level

  • N/A

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
Life skills education
  • Gender, rights and power
Other
  • Coordinated Action
Policy/legal environment
  • Raising awareness about existing laws/policies
School-related gender-based violence
  • Anti-violence policies and codes of conduct
Women's empowerment programs
  • Advocacy/action

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Education sector plans, budgets, policies, and data systems are more gender-equitable

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Improved understanding of sexual harassment, coercion, and consent
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased knowledge of rights
  • More equal power in relationships
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms