13 years after the Gender Identity Law: work is also a right

13 years after the Gender Identity Law: work is also a right

After more than a decade of the approval of the Gender Identity Law, access to decent work remains a debt with trans and transvestites in Argentina.

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By area of ​​diversities of Grow-Género and work

On May 9, 2012, Argentina approved a law that marked history. The Gender Identity Law allowed, for the first time, that trans and transvestite people could access the recognition of your identity without having to prosecute or go through medical diagnoses. It was a conquest of movement, but also an openness towards a more fair country, where identity is not a cause for exclusion. That step was key for many people to exist legallybut it still remains Much to do so that they can also live with dignity.

The work. A pending debt

He access to work It is still a huge debt. If we compare the data of the First national survey of living conditions of sexual and generic diversity (2023) with the data of the INDECunemployment between trans and non -binary people more than Duplicate the national average. From Grow – Gender and Workwe know that employment not only guarantees income, but also stability, autonomy and sense of belonging. Therefore, we insist that There is no possible well -being if there are silences, discrimination or invisibility in work spaces. The right to be Who is one must also be guaranteed in the day -to -day work.

The Diana Sacayán Law – Lohana Berkinswhich in 2021 established the Trans transvestite work quota in the public sectorIt was a fundamental tool. But prejudices, lack of training and change resistance remain Obstacles In many companies. It is time to review how it is recruited, how it is accompanied, how it is conversed within the equipment. Because including not just hiring: It is to commit to the construction of spaces where all people can develop.

The role of organizations

While we are going through a context of strong setbacks on the agenda of Gender and diversityaccess to rights and the role of the State as guarantor of them, from Grow-Gender and Work we accompany organizations that want to take a step to occupy a place in the transformation: Review your policies, rethink your practices, generate specific protocols to ensure that no one has to hide, are some of the actions that such as NGOmore than 14 years ago we helped implement.

Trans and transvestites exist in all areas, and many times also in our offices, even if we don’t know it. Therefore, talking about inclusion is not a symbolic gesture: it is a Urgent action. Starting to open that conversation is a first step to transform.

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