Summary

SAI Argentina conducted an audit of the activities of the Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity (Ministerio de las Mujeres, Géneros y Diversidad) in terms of compliance with the regulatory framework governing gender inequality and labor relations, as well as the promotion of cultural policies in support of equality. The verification period included 2019–2021. The agency was established in 2019 and assumed the functions of the National Institute of Women (Instituto Nacional de la Mujer, INAM), which existed from 2017 to 2019. The auditors highly praised the reliable legal framework in the field of social inequality and noted that since the establishment of the Ministry, resources allocated to measures to combat gender-based violence have increased significantly. In addition, the auditors identified a number of deficiencies and violations: weak coordination between different agencies; inability to assess achievement of the goals of National Action Plans due to the lack of criteria for assessing progress and baseline indicators for comparing results. The SAI recommended that the Ministry eliminate the identified deficiencies.