Del dicho al hecho: la narrativa de género del FMI y los derechos humanos de las mujeres

This article analyzes the IMF’s gender narrative and its consistency with the type of public policies and actions that the IMF recommends to countries in its lending agreements. By analyzing various dimensions linked to gender inequality gaps (labor participation, labor rights, unpaid domestic and care work, budget allocation to policies that favor equality, methodologies for gender impact analysis), we conclude that the IMF has been building a gender narrative that is narrow and instrumental, and does not contribute in practice to promoting women’s human rights. We also highlight the persistent contradiction in the actions that would be necessary to reduce inequality and the narrow margins of public policy imposed by IMF´s lending agreements, as well as the harmful implications of the policies that IMF continue to demand. The analysis is carried out with a specific focus on the case of Argentina.