A/ HRC/35/30/Add.4 Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences to Argentina: comments by the State* Response to recommendations 1. Regarding official data on the number of women in detention: the Federal Penitentiary Service reports that by 2016 740 women (representing 7.03% of the total inmate population) were detained in federal prisons in Argentina 1. 2. The number of State-run shelters by November 2016 was 87 not 25 2 3. Although there was document named “National Action Plan 2014-2016 presented by the former administration in November 2015, such document was not an action plan given the lack of budget allocated, log frame matrix and policy lines defined. In addition, footnote number 67 refers to the current National Action Plan 2017-2016 4. Additional information and comments 5. III. Manifestations of violence against women, its causes and consequences 6. F. Specific groups at risk 7. 3. Transvestites and trans-women 8. On March 2016 a special Protocol for providing medical attention to transvestites and trans women in prisons was validated nation-wide3 to ensure respectful attention and respect for gender diversity. 9. On 28 July 2016, the National Secretary of Human Rights launched the first national working group on gender diversity. As a result of this initiative all 24 provincial Goverments in Argentina have created and/or stablished special units within their administrations to address issues realted to guaranteeing human righs for the LGBTII community 10. V State responsibilities and measures to address violence against women 11. B Policy framework 12. The National Action Plan 2017-2019 is the first of its kind in Argentina, it comprises 69 measures and 137 action and it has been validated by 50 public institutions from the three governmental branches. 13. Comentarios sobre el punto 87 de las recomendaciones de la relatora Dubravka Simonovic: "Proveer los fondos necesarios para la implementación de la Ley Nacional 26.150 de Educación Sexual Integral" 14. Con respecto al punto a. Incluir la educación sexual y reproductiva en la currícula de todas las escuelas del país: * 1 2 3 2 Reproduced as received. For more information please refer to http://www.spf.gob.ar/www/estadisticas2/catcms/84/Situacionlegal-genero-y-grupo-etario For detailed information on the distribution of the shelters, please refer to Anex I Protocol available at http://www.mpd.gov.ar/pdf/4.%20Acta%20y%20gu%C3%ADa%20definitiva.pdf