Cómo hizo México para quitarle el IVA a los productos de gestión menstrual y en qué situación está Argentina

Menstruar no es una elección:

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$2.158: si se compran los que están incluidas en el Programa Precios Cuidados (PC).

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Estos productos son necesarios para gestionar un proceso biológico sobre el que las personas que menstrúan no pueden decidir.

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Por eso, las personas que menstrúan y que pertenecen a los sectores más pobres y vulnerables son las más afectadas ya que, en muchos casos, no pueden adquirir los productos para la menstruación (PGM) y por eso se ausentan de la escuela, del trabajo y del resto de sus actividades.

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El 47,9% mencionó haber faltado a la escuela o a la facultad.

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Colombia (2018).

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Anahí Rodríguez, vocera de Menstruación Digna México, presentó al Parlamento de Mujeres de la ciudad de México la iniciativa de eliminar 16% del IVA. Pero como no hubo avances, comenzó a hablar del tema a través de las redes y a mandar correos a organizaciones de la sociedad civil, a tomadoras de decisiones y a diputadas.

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Rodríguez llamó a este movimiento del activismo por la justicia menstrual: “operación pulpo”, porque en lugar de ir primero por una medida y después por otra, impulsó todo a la vez.

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Una vez que recibió la atención de la diputada mexicana Martha Tagle, en junio de 2020 presentaron la primera propuesta de gratuidad para los PGM. De esta forma, en febrero de 2021 la Suprema Corte aceptó la acción y en octubre el Congreso de México sancionó una ley.

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El partido bonaerense de Morón, la ciudad de Santa Fe y San Rafel, Mendoza, aprobaron la provisión gratuita de productos de gestión menstrual por considerar esta medida una cuestión de política pública.

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De los tres municipios que ya cuentan con legislación, el que más ha avanzado en la implementación de su Plan de Gestión Menstrual es Santa Fe, que ya benefició a unas 1.500 personas.

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A nivel nacional, la Comisión de Salud de Diputados realizó una sesión informativa sobre el tema a mediados de agosto de 2020. Además, ya se presentaron varios proyectos de ley al Congreso Nacional. Sin embargo, no se prevé que se trate el tema en el corto plazo.

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