a) Physical violence

Violence used against the body of a woman and/or people of diverse gender identities, in any form of mistreatment or aggression that affects their physical integrity.

b) Psychological violence

Violence that causes emotional harm and diminishes self-esteem, damaging a woman’s standing as a worker through:

• Threats
• Harassment and intimidation
• Restriction of rights
• Humiliation or disparagement
• Verbal coercion
• Demands for subordination, or blackmail

It also covers actions that obstruct professional development, and unjustified changes to working conditions and/or pay for reasons unrelated to job performance.

c) Sexual violence

Any action that violates, in any form and with or without genital contact, a woman’s right to decide freely about her sexual or reproductive life, by means of threats, coercion, force or intimidation.

Procedure: the victim’s account is always the starting point for an internal and/or external complaint. Those complained of are removed from the victim’s working proximity and kept outside her sphere of activity. Protecting her privacy and supporting her through the process within the company is essential, and she is protected until the proceedings are resolved.

d) Economic violence

Violence directed at reducing a woman’s economic resources or assets by limiting her income on the grounds of her gender. Under Argentine law 26.485, this includes:

• Limiting or controlling her income
• Lower pay for the same work in the same workplace
• Precarious or capped pay tied to hours or scheduling
• Blocking career advancement on the grounds of gender

e) Symbolic violence

This form applies when women in a workplace are held to an unequal division of tasks compared with their male colleagues, perpetuating cultural role stereotypes that limit their professional development.

f) Institutional violence

This covers any action that delays, obstructs or prevents women from having the same employment opportunities as men, or from exercising the rights set out in Argentine law 26.485. Business organisations fall within the scope of that legislation.