Fundeps Appoints a New Director
Read moreFundeps would like to share an important update for our organization: Luciano Debanne has been appointed as Director of the foundation.
Luciano holds a degree in Social Communication and has extensive experience in community communication, training, and human rights promotion. Throughout his professional career, he…
Civil Society Organizations and Communities Call for Respect for Rights at the IDB Annual Meeting in Asunción
Read moreCivil society organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean will participate this week in the Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, which will take place in Asunción from March 11 to 14. The aim is to raise concerns about the direction of the Bank’s investments and to demand that its…
More than 160 organizations are calling on Formula 1 to end tobacco and nicotine sponsorships
Read moreOn March 4th, more than 160 civil society organizations from around the world sent a letter to Formula 1 urging it to update its ban on tobacco sponsorships to include nicotine pouches and to stop facilitating the promotion of addictive products to its millions of young fans. We also urged other F1 sponsors—Disney, Lego,…
Abortion Access in Córdoba: Progress and Ongoing Challenges in Implementing Law 27.610
Read moreMore than five years after the enactment of Law 27.610, Fundeps presents a provincial report that systematizes progress, barriers, and good practices in access to voluntary and legal abortion in Córdoba. The report provides evidence produced in collaboration with healthcare teams and feminist activists, within a challenging…
More Than Labels: Legal Keys to Defending the Right to Adequate Food
Read moreIn a context of regulatory backsliding that threatens public health policies, Fundeps presents More Than Labels, a collective legal compendium that provides concrete tools to defend the Law on the Promotion of Healthy Eating and to strengthen the human right to adequate food in Argentina.
The Law on the Promotion of Healthy…
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The Ministry of Health of the Nation promotes the ratification of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
From the Ministry of Health of the Nation developed an action plan that includes representatives of different sectors, in order to push the ratification of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) by the Argentine State, an international…
Gender Violence and Public Communication Policies in Argentina: Advances and Setbacks until 2017
The Foundation for the Development of Sustainable Policies (FUNDEPS) and the Civil Association Communication for Equality present a report on the functioning of public policies on gender and communication, from the assumption of the current…
BID Invest calls public consultation for a new Policy on Access to Public Information
The private arm of the BID began the process of public consultation of its Access to Information Policy, which will be extended for 120 days and includes virtual and face-to-face consultations. This policy is key to being able to access information…
The MICI seeks to strengthen its institutional framework
During the month of April, the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (MICI) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) published new guidelines for improvement in its Consultation Phase. It was a participatory process that involved…
Civil society met in the C20
We were participating in the C20 meeting, a civil society affinity group for the G20 process. In it, we coordinated the discussions of the investment and infrastructure work group, and participated in meetings with authorities.
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More than 15 Latin American countries requested presidents measures to protect health
During the VIII Summit of the Americas that took place in Lima, Peru, presidents of the region discussed corruption, the governance of our peoples and economic and social sustainability. For the first time at the Summit, health is on the agenda.
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