2019 Elections: what are the candidate's gender policies

All candidates aspiring to govern the province have been consulted by LMN to disseminate both their position on the status of women and their concrete proposals for eliminating violence and generating more opportunities for participation.

Omar Gutiérrez

Strengthen line 148 and a law of fairness

In search of his re-election, the current governor, Omar Gutiérrez, candidate of the Neuquén Popular Movement, reviewed some of his actions in favor of the elimination of violence and listed among his commitments the intention of strengthen line 148 of violence prevention. violence to impose it on the entire provincial territory.

In turn, he has proposed women as protagonists of the public agenda and is committed to ensuring their participation in decision-making spaces both governmental and external to the government, through a law on gender equality, which will be added to a youth law. , childhood and adolescence and the creation of a youth ministry.

Horacio Quiroga

The creation of a social cabinet and a data observatory

The mayor of the capital and candidate for the post of governor of change, Horacio Pechi Quiroga, has listed a series of proposals aimed at contributing to gender equality and eliminating violence against women. Among other things, he mentioned the need to create a social cabinet to intervene in a cross-cutting way in cases of violence in areas such as health, education, social development, labor and social security. security, among others.

In turn, he emphasized the importance of creating a social data observatory for the province and a generation of shelters for victims of violence that would become integrated centers for women. On the other hand, he proposed to strengthen programs to prevent dating violence, comprehensive bad education and prevention of unwanted pregnancies.

To contribute to gender equity, he proposed creating a control cabinet in the workspace to penalize companies that discriminate against women or work economically. In addition, he stressed the importance of enforcing the existing laws on violence prevention and extending the telephone hotline to the entire territory.

Ramón Rioseco

More shelter houses and prosecutors inside Neuquén

The candidate of the Unidad Ciudadana-Front Neuquino, Ramón Rioseco, made a diagnosis on the current situation of women and lamented the six femicides that occurred in Neuquén last year. Among his critics, he mentioned that women's shelters are rare and that there is no mechanism for men to leave their homes after an act of violence.

He proposed to develop more territoriality in confinement spaces for women and to generate more prosecutors and access to justice in the interior of the province. At the same time, she criticized the fact that women workers who are in control of raped women often work with precarious contracts.

Rioseco has proposed to fight for gender equality in the world of work and has already begun to take into account the concerns of women who work or wish to enter the oil industry through a program of monthly meetings.

Sergio Rodríguez

Community strategies on the territory

The candidate of the Social Front for Dignity, Sergio Rodríguez, said that it was necessary to work to eliminate violence, not only by expanding victims' access to justice, but also by developing community strategies on the territory, eradicate all manifestations of violence against women.

He explained that he was still supportive of the women's struggle and that during his tenure as legislator, he had joined the Ni Una Menos initiatives. On the other hand, said that "the obtaining of the female vote in Argentina was the hand of Evita".

"In this context, how are we not going to promote the participation and the notoriety of the companies in all the fields", declared the general secretary of the Union of the workers of Neuquén.

Mercedes Lamarca

Duplicate budget in prevention programs

Mercedes Lamarca, who seeks to become governor of Libres del Sur, has focused her campaign on eliminating gender-based violence and empowering women. Among her proposals, she planned to declare the provincial emergency on violence against women in order to generate urgent policies in this area, including the duplication of the budget allocated to prevention programs.

The initiative also includes the creation of economic grants for women in need and the creation of shelters for victims and specialized prosecutors. Lamarca promised to extend the existing 148 line to the entire province and set up electronic counters for the abusers. At the same time, he mentioned the accession of the Micaela law, which adds mandatory training in the matter to all state employees.

Among its proposals, it also included a disarmament plan for members of the provincial security forces who had a history of gender-based violence, since "12% of the femicides committed in Neuquén in 2018 were perpetrated by members of certain security forces. "

Raúl Godoy

Paying household chores

As a candidate of the Left Front, Raúl Godoy proposed that women's domestic chores should be remunerated and that access to such services should be socialized through the creation of laundries, day nurseries and gardening. maternity free.

In turn, he stressed the importance of creating a quota of trans workers to prevent these people from falling into a situation of marginality.

Godoy said that it was necessary to create an emergency plan against violence against women guaranteeing economic badistance, shelter, housing plans and work permits.

In turn, the candidate also demanded that the law on comprehensive baduality education be implemented in all schools, that contraceptives be provided to all hospitals and that access to safe abortion be provided , legal and free is guaranteed.

Jorge Sobisch

End the inequality

In his run for a new term as governor, the candidate for Christian Democracy, Jorge Sobisch, badured that it was necessary to set up a serious political and social discussion on this subject. "Today, the policies implemented have not worked: in many areas, women are still relegated and violence against them continues to grow," she said.

He emphasized the need for the state to implement all the mechanisms at its disposal to prevent violence against women and to optimize all available resources, that it "s act of prevention, accompaniment or confinement. "We need to promote the laws necessary for the perpetrators of badual violence to pay as they should," he said.

Sobisch said that women should be encouraged and have real participation in the public and private sectors. At the same time, she added that it was imperative that they participate in decisions, whether in politics, in a business or where they should be, in order to put a stop to inequalities of just being a woman.

Priscilla Ottón

That four current laws are respected

In her campaign to become governor of the new left, MST, Priscilla Ottón said the most immediate was to seek the implementation of four laws already in force: comprehensive baduality education, the fight against gender-based violence , the free legal sponsorship of victims of violence and full protection of children and adolescents.

On the other hand, he proposed to change the judiciary so that there is more gender parity in the access to the judges positions and that they waive their privileges , with salaries similar to those of teachers and the requirement to use public health and education. . He asked to strengthen the case of jury trials and that magistrates come to his office by popular vote.

On the other hand, he criticized the lack of effectiveness of panic buttons, which put the responsibility of prevention to the victim, and insisted on the importance of strengthening the use electronic keychains for the attackers. In turn, he demanded that victims reporting badual abuse not be dishonored.

Alejandro Vidal

Increased sentences for abusers

Alejandro Vidal, governor candidate for Equals, highlighted the need to create more shelters for victims of violence and to promote panic buttons and electronic ankle bracelets for abusers.

He also proposed the creation of a grant for all children under 18 who are orphaned because of feminicides and increased penalties for perpetrators.

She also stressed the need to develop free and free self-defense clbades for women.