📋 Tender Overview
The Foreign Relations and Worship and Labor and Social Welfare commissions chaired by the senator for the province of Buenos Aires Jorge Taiana Front of All and for La Pampa Daniel Anbal Lovera Front of All respectively began at 12 noon by videoconference with the presentation of the Minister for Women Genders and Diversity Elizabeth Gmez Alcorta on the bill sent by the Executive Power to approve the agreement on the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work adopted by the General Conference of the International Labor Organization in June last year.This file is added to those of the official senators Mara de los ngeles Sacnun and Alfredo Luenzo and of the representative of the Renovating Front of the Concord of Misiones Magdalena Solari Quintana. Minister Gmez Alcorta stressed that Convention 190 is the first at the international level to address this problem and clarified that the provisions set forth in it do not collide but are inscribed in the same guidelines that develop international treaties accepted in our country.He maintained that the standards provided by the agreement reinforce the current legal framework and are fundamental to the work of the newly created ministry. They are an unavoidable contribution to the development of public policies regarding prevention of workplace violence added the minister.He considered that Convention 190 is the first international treaty that specifically and exhaustively addresses violence and harassment in labor matters and at the same time develops the scope of the obligations of both the State and individuals.However Gmez Alcorta maintained that the focus of this agreement is far from the traditional approaches that required for example the repetition in time of harmful behaviors so that they become a crime.He assured that gender-based workplace violence discriminates against women and hinders their access to employment their hiring and their permanence which is often linked to maternity age or physical appearance.Lastly he considered that in the current context of Covid19 and its effects on the labor market this agreement is a priority tool to prevent inequality from deepeningAfter the ministers presentation Senator Jorge Taiana thanked him for his presence and stressed that this project is one of the commitments that the president had announced before the Legislative Assembly on March 1. Then began the debate between the senators of the commissions.Lovera maintained that the world of work lacks empathy and violence and harassment affect the psychological physical and sexual health of the person affect their dignity and their environment and considered that their urgent adherence to this Agreement is necessary .He stated that both legislators and the rest of the powers of the State have the obligation and the need to incorporate a gender perspective especially in the world of work so that no one is left out.In agreement the senator for the province of La Pampa Norma Durango Front of All celebrated that we are here dealing with this initiative and pondered the gender perspective that this agreement has.Meanwhile the senator for Mendoza Julio Cobos Together for Change expressed his total agreement and support for this project by arguing that it is necessary to generate the best of conditions in the workplace so what better than to generate the best legislation that prevents all kinds of abuse and harassment that later translates into a psychological problem. The senator for the City of Buenos Aires Guadalupe Tagliaferri Together for Change stated the importance of this agreement and that the process it had which was not by magic. We have to achieve a process of joint work dialogue and consensus he added.Finally the senator from Formosa Jos Miguel ngel Mayans Front of All assured that this project belongs to no one it is a world vision and we hope that all the countries of the world will promptly address these issues.
