Tag: Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:34 UTC

  Argentine gov't facing cabinet reshuffle

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández is facing a cabinet reshuffle after two other ministers followed up on Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta's resignation last week as Minister of Women, Gender, and Diversity.

• Friday, October 7th 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  Argentine women's minister resigns over arrest of pregnant, breastfeeding Mapuche suspects

  

  Argentina's Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity, Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta, turned in her resignation Thursday over discrepancies with the administration of President Alberto Fernández on the handling of the Villa Mascardi crisis with the Mapuche community.

• Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Gómez Alcorta talks back at Milei's promise to shut down Women's Ministry

  

  Argentina's Minister of Women Genders and Diversity, Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta, Wednesday replied to Congressman Javier Milei's promise that if he is elected president he would shut down such an office because he would not apologize for having a penis.

• Saturday, December 12th 2020 - 09:52 UTC

  Argentine Lower House passes bill legalizing abortion; a harder battle forecasted in the Senate

  

  Argentina’s lower house of Congress approved a bill to legalize abortion in the early hours of Friday morning, a big step forward for the legislation that could set the tone for a wider shift in conservative Latin America.

• Thursday, April 30th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Controversy in Argentina over the release of convicted felons to avoid COVID-19 in the overcrowded jail system

  

  Argentina's Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity, Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta reiterated on Wednesday her complete rejection to the release of prisoners, accused or convicted of sexual crimes and gender violence, and asked the Justice to intervene to avoid “psychic and physical re-victimization of assaulted people.”