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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The province on fire, again
Native forest ecosystems, no less than a month after the last fires, are again affected by this phenomenon, causing immeasurable environmental damage. Even though drought conditions constitute a variable that increases the risk of fire, these,…
Argentina ratified the Escazú Agreement
In a special session held yesterday, the Chamber of Deputies approved the bill to ratify the Escazú Agreement. With this act, only the ratification of a Latin American and Caribbean State would remain for its subsequent entry into force.
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The V Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights for Latin America and the Caribbean was held
The V Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was held virtually on this occasion, focused mainly on the vulnerabilities that were deepened by the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the…
The United States candidate, Mauricio Claver-Carone, was elected as the new president of the IDB
Through a virtual meeting, the Board of Governors of the IDB elected the North American candidate, Mauricio Claver-Carone, as president of the Bank.
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A bill that seeks to regulate the distances of application of agrochemicals
In June, Deputy Leonardo Grosso (Frente de Todos) presented before the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation, a bill of minimum environmental protection budgets for the handling and application of agrochemical products. Specifically, it seeks to…
Judgment of the Appeals Chamber in favor of Potrerillo de Larreta
On July 15, the Ninth Nomination Chamber of Civil and Commercial Appeals of the city of Córdoba resolved to nullify the first instance ruling and allow the placement of fences in the Los Paredones stream in the town of Alta Gracia. In the same…
