The transgender employment quota was approved in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego
The debate lasted weeks, and the project was approved with four votes in favor and two against. Transgender people will be able to occupy 0.5% of the positions in the municipality.
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The debate lasted weeks, and the project was approved with four votes in favor and two against. Transgender people will be able to occupy 0.5% of the municipality's positions. Photos: Courtesy of Councilor Verónica González's press office. Transgender people in Río Grande (Tierra del Fuego) will occupy 0.5% of the municipality's jobs. The measure was approved yesterday with four votes in favor and two against, after a debate that lasted weeks and included opinions from political and social organizations such as the Ni Una Menos collective and the feminist movement La Ría, as well as institutions like the National University of Tierra del Fuego.
“With this law, the real possibility of access to employment for transgender people is created. From today onward, we are a slightly more egalitarian society than we were last week,”
Councilor and author of the project Verónica González (Forja) Presentes
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Verónica González highlighted the increased awareness in society through the creation of a forum with academics and leading figures, where “it was discovered that we live in a city with trans people. This will have an impact at the state level and in the private sector.” She added that the trans community has historically been mistreated, discriminated against, and marginalized, and therefore the State has the responsibility to promote measures that guarantee the restoration of their violated rights. “The general situation of extreme social vulnerability in which the trans population finds itself is expressed with some particularities in the city of Río Grande, where inclement weather, along with transphobia and discrimination, forces trans women to seek alternative means of subsistence,” stated the organization 100% Diversity and Rights, who promoted the project together with Trans Quota RG, Tierra del Fuego.
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“We are getting closer to the day when the residents of Río Grande will be served by transgender people in a tax office or a museum. This is the starting point of a process toward equality,” Ema Bejarano, a representative of the organization De Igual a Igual RG, Presentes In the province of Buenos Aires, the Diana Sacayán Trans Quota Law (named in honor of its proponent) was passed over a year and a half ago, but it has yet to be implemented because the provincial government has not issued the regulations. Thirteen other municipalities have trans employment quota ordinances, including Rosario (Santa Fe), Las Heras (Mendoza), Bell Ville (Córdoba), Tafí Viejo (Tucumán), and Resistencia (Chaco). ]]>We are Present
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