today at 19 hours from actresses Argentinas held a press conference in the Multiteatro. The idea is to accompany reports of companions of the collective who were victims of abuse in the workplace. The Organization, comprising more than 400 actresses from all over the country, will give a press conference where will accompany the victims of abuse and will support his allegations. Argentine feminism is one of the strongest, Giants and powerful movements throughout Latin America and the driving force behind the international “not one less” so to speak of “The Argentine MeToo” and compare it as a Latin copy of the United States, is perhaps wrong.
Even so, according to the runrún, allegations that will be on the stage of the Multiteatro promise to be, much less, scandalous and painful. That generated much expectation in all the artistic and journalistic, and sit a very important precedent that will shake the structures of power never before questioned. Actresses, many of them expensive visible of the legalization of abortion in our country, United and organized, give guidelines and generate awareness of the privileges of the powerful actors, abuses and harassment at the workplace. It should be noted that the State as employer regulated the workplace violence at the national level; also in the city, against violence at work in a broad concept; and in the province of Buenos Aires, against sexual harassment. The Ministry of labour has the Office’s advice on labor violence (OAVL), which provides guidance and receives complaints on cases of violence at work. According to data of the OAVL, between 2007 and 2017, were attended 4500 people. Between January and November of 2017, there were 572 cases. In addition, there were 4,980 calls to their phones and 2,120 inquiries via mail (laboral@trabajo.gob.ar-violence). Most of the victims were women aged between 26 and 45 years old.
