“WOMEN IN CUSTOMS LEADERSHIP”

4th Session

CAPACITY BUILDING COMMITTEE

Brussels, February 2013

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BERMUDA: Lucinda PEARMAN

EL SALVADOR: Deisy REYNOSA

HONDURAS: Rosa María BORJAS ESPINAL

PANAMA: Virna Cecilia LUQUE FERRO

COLOMBIA: Claudia GAVIRIA VAZQUEZ

BOLIVIA: Marlene ARDAYA VÁZQUEZ

PARAGUAY: Hilda María del Rocío

VALLEJO AVALOS

ARGENTINA: María Siomara AYERÁN

47% OF AFIP OFFICERS ARE WOMEN

Professionals 66% Middle management 38 % Senior management 22% Ages 39-58 31%

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3 female Customs Directors General since the creation of AFIP (1996 to date)

PILLARS OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

TRUST RESPONSIBILITY RECOGNIZING AND SUPPORTING THE TEAM WORK ASSUMPTION OF RISKS DETERMINATION

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BEST PRACTICES FOR PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY

HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: Constitutional status of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women. (CEDAW), as from the constitutional amendment of 1994 (Section 75, subsection 22 ).

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: LAW No. 26485. EXCECUTIVE ORDER No. 2396/2012

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WOMEN: In charge of designing public policies related to gender-based violence

SECRETARIAT FOR WOMEN AFFAIRS: created within the sphere of the National Supreme Court of Justice (C.S.J.N.)

SOCIAL RIGHTS: National tradition for the defense of worker’s rights and

gender equality, has generated a positive and favorable platform for promoting the

effective incorporation of the woman in her workplace.

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SOCIAL SECURITY RIGHTS: Strong commitment with the most vulnerable sectors of the population, especially the female sector as from the implementation of social programs and strategies designed to overcome exclusion and to generate employment: Social Security Rights enabled to place Argentina as the country with the best social security in Latin America.

UNIVERSAL CHILD ALLOWANCE

MATERNITY ALLOWANCE

RIGHT TO HEALTH: Women’s Health Care, through the implementation of diverse programs enabling to reduce inequalities among health indicators, improve coverage and quality of health services, and promote citizen’s participation.

MATERNAL AND CHILD PROGRAMS

MANDATORY AND FREE VACCINATION PLAN- HPV INFECTION

AFIP SOCIAL RIGHTS: Enshrined rights and guarantees to improve labour development for female workers within the frame of the Unified Collective Labour Agreement.

RIGHT TO MATERNITY

MATERNITY LEAVE

RIGHT TO BREASTFEED

CHILD CARE FACILITIES

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• 44% FEMALE WORKERS Judicial branch

• 40% FEMALE WORKERS Legislative

branch

• 3 of 14 Ministries are conducted by women. • Ministry of Social Development

• Ministry of Industry

• Ministry of Security

Ministries 21% female

workers

COMMITMENT TO GENDER QUALITY PREVAILING INSTITUTIONAL MODELS

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Ms. CRISTINA FERNÁNDEZ DE KIRCHNER (born February 19, 1953, La Plata, Argentina) is an Argentine political activist

and a lawyer. She is the current ARGENTINE PRESIDENT; she is the first woman elected as a president and the second female president.

First Presidency 2007-2011

Second Presidency 2011 to present

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“Continue forward, even though you feel

abandoned by others .

Don't let rust take away the steel that is in

you.”

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Missionary and Saint, Albanian

1910-1979

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