Impact of the Gender Identity Law in Argentinean transgender women

Have Policies Tackled Gender Inequalities in Health? A Scoping Review

“…In addition, after checking the reference lists of these papers, four additional references were included in our analysis ( Figure 1 ). Therefore, 33 articles were finally included in our review [ 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 ]. These articles were published between 2002 and 2018.…”

“…Sixteen studies analysed the processes of implementation of policies focused on gender inequities in health. Twelve addressed health policies [ 18 , 25 , 29 , 33 , 35 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 50 ] and seven addressed non-health policies [ 19 , 24 , 25 , 32 , 36 , 39 , 40 ]. Most of the papers (10) used qualitative methodology, two used quantitative methods, three applied both methods, and one was a systematic review ( Table 2 ).…”

“…They identified different implementation problems. The main barriers were: (a) lack of political commitment [ 18 , 29 , 35 , 39 , 40 , 42 , 50 ] (b) deep-rooted gender norms and laws that leave women unprotected [ 18 , 25 , 32 , 39 ]; (c) insufficient awareness and capacity [ 19 , 25 , 33 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 50 ]; (d) changes in organisations that hinder implementation [ 29 , 40 , 41 , 42 ]; (d) insufficient funding and human resources for implementation [ 25 , 39 , 40 , 42 , 50 ]; (e) bureaucratisation [ 38 , 41 , 42 ]; (f) lack of gender indicators for evaluation [ 29 , 35 , 37 , 39 , 40 ]; (g) insufficient collaboration and absence of alliances [ 37 , 50 ]; and, (h) non-participation of civil society [ 29 , 39 , 40 , 41 ].…”

“…Of these, five evaluations were for health policies [ 18 , 25 , 26 , 33 , 35 ]. Of the ten studies on non-health policies, four focused on policies related to family and work [ 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 ]; four focused on policies to promote gender equity in the public sphere [ 23 , 25 , 30 , 32 ]; one focused on the gender identity law [ 19 ]; and one focused on any policy with implications for sexual and reproductive health [ 43 ] ( Table 3 ).…”

Home-based HIV testing: Using different strategies among transgender women in Argentina

“…The implementation of a series of legal changes in Argentina in the last decade, such as the Comprehensive Sexual Education National Law [6], the Equal Marriage Law [7], and the Gender Identity Law [8], have promoted a favorable environment toward the full realization of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) rights. In particular, the Gender Identity Law guarantees the legal recognition of self-defined gender identity and endorses the access to gender affirmation procedures [9]. In spite of these legal efforts, the inequities and social vulnerability among the TGW community still persist.…”