WHERE ARE WOMEN IN THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT DO THEY DO? THE CASE OF ARGENTINA’S PUBLIC SECTOR

Abstract

Argentina is one of the countries with the highest level of gender equality due; above all; to the increase in gender parity in the legislature. However; this is not the case in the executive where their participation is low and the number of women in ministerial positions has decreased. This article describes the situation of women at all levels of the executive branch; seeking to identify where they are; what they are doing and how much they earn from their work. The most significant findings are that men occupy the majority of positions in the political cabinet and in managerial positions. At the bureaucratic level; women are found to have more university degrees than men; are concentrated in the lowest levels of the hierarchy (the current scale of seniority) and earn less than men in the same position.