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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“Precautionary distancing” in the application of agrochemicals
On June 12, 2020, in the city of Santa Fe, the Second Chamber of the Civil and Commercial Appeals Chamber, made up of Eduardo Sodero, Luciano Pagiliano and Armando Drago, resolved to establish a distance of one thousand meters for fumigations…
The BRICS Bank designed its new president: the Brazilian Marcos Prado Troyjo
In a special meeting, the Board of Governors of the New BRICS Development Bank elected Brazilian Marco Prado Troyjo as the new president of the multilateral institution.
“Below, we offer a google translate version of the original…
We demand participation and transparency in the change of direction of the MICI
Before the departure of the current Director of the MICI, Victoria Márquez Mees, at the end of June, a group of civil society organizations requested, through a letter sent to the IDB Executive Board, the inclusion of interested parties…
We have an Ombudsman and she is a feminist
Last Wednesday, May 27, in the midst of the health emergency affecting Argentina, the bicameral commission for the Promotion and Monitoring of Audiovisual Communication, Telecommunications Technologies and Digitization approved…
Public procurement in a state of emergency: how to guarantee transparency and prevent acts of corruption?
From the Network of Organizations Against Corruption (ROCC) we published a document that compiles information on what public procurement is like at the national level, in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the provinces of Buenos Aires,…
Report on Climate Change and the Rights of Women, Indigenous Peoples and Rural Communities in the Americas
Together with other civil society organizations in Latin America, we prepare a report addressing the problem of Climate Change, its effects and impacts on human rights from the regional context. This was then presented to the Inter-American…
