New threat to the Labeling Law in Argentina
Read moreWithin the framework of World Food Day, civil society organizations are warning about another potential setback to the Law for the Promotion of Healthy Eating, stemming from ongoing negotiations within MERCOSUR.
In April of this year, the Common Market Group (GMC) instructed Working Subgroup No. 3 to resume negotiations…We participated in the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
Read moreFundeps took part in the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, held from August 11 to 15 in Mexico City.
The Regional Conference on Women takes place every three years and is a key event to drive progress in gender equality across the region. It is a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission…
From Fundeps, Fundación Sanar and Anfibia Podcast, we launch the second season of “Exceso de Todo.”
Read moreNarrated by journalist Soledad Barruti, this new season once again focuses on the right to healthy food, in a context of setbacks to the Front-of-Pack Labelling Law and a deepening food emergency. It also dares to look ahead to imagine the future and talk about food sovereignty.
Starting September 4, the second season…
We held the second meeting “Networks of Commitment and Care”
Read moreMore than 40 healthcare professionals from across the province took part in the meeting held on August 2. It was a space for training and exchange aimed at strengthening access to sexual and reproductive health with a diversity perspective and a rights-based approach.
With the participation of more than 40 healthcare professionals,…A law for Córdoba to take the lead on healthy eating
Read moreFundeps and the Córdoba Association of Nutritionists have presented a bill to expand and ensure the full implementation of the Food Labeling Law in Córdoba. Among other measures, it establishes the prioritization of healthy foods in kiosks, school cafeterias, and public procurement for food programs, such as PAICor. With…
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We conquer the right to decide: the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy is law
After almost 12 hours of session, with 38 votes in favor, 29 votes against, 1 abstentions and 4 absent senators, the Senate approved the Law of Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy. The Campaign for Legal, Safe and Free Abortion, after 15 years…
Media and symbolic violence: under the magnifying glass of a new Public Defender’s Office
We received a response from the Public Defender's Office regarding the claims of symbolic and media violence carried out on the Los Angeles de la Mañana program on Channel 13 and the journalist Fabiana Dal Prá on the central…
We present new complaints for electronic cigarette advertising on social networks
After the lack of response to the claims made in 2019, we once again filed complaints with the Ministry of Health of the Nation, ANMAT and Defense of Consumers due to the illicit advertising of electronic cigarettes, carried out by the…
We request intervention of the Ombudsmen of the People and of children and adolescents of the Province
Due to the fires that occurred throughout the territory of the Province of Córdoba during this year, we asked the Provincial Ombudsman's Office and the Ombudsman's Office for Girls, Boys and Adolescents to intervene in order to urge…
La Pampa passed a new legislation on agrochemicals
On November 30, the Legislature of the Province of La Pampa approved by majority the so-called "Comprehensive Pesticide Management Law" No. 3288, at the proposal of the Provincial Executive Power. This initiative is part of the attention…
CSOs point out the weaknesses of the new IDB Invest’s Environmental and Social Sustainability Policy
On December 15, the new IDB Invest Environmental and Social Sustainability Policy will take effect. Civil Society Organizations in the region issued a Public Declaration warning about the weaknesses that the new Policy presents.
“Below,…
