More 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, we held the second meeting “Networks of Commitment and Care” on August 2 in the city of Córdoba. It was a space for training, active listening, and exchange, aimed at strengthening capacities, sharing experiences, and highlighting good practices in sexual and (non) reproductive health with a diversity perspective and a rights-based approach.
This initiative, promoted by the Gender and Diversity area of Fundeps in collaboration with Belén Carcedo from the Comprehensive Health Clinic and Sofía Menoyo, member of Socorristas en Red, brought together professionals from various localities: Agua de Oro, La Granja, Jesús María, Santa Rosa de Calamuchita, Villa Dolores, Huinca Renancó, La Paquita, Corral de Bustos, Bell Ville, Paso Viejo, Alta Gracia, and Villa Los Aromos.
On this occasion, the meeting focused, on the one hand, on the medical practice of Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) as a safe, outpatient method of pregnancy termination recommended by the World Health Organization; and, on the other hand, on the challenges related to providing care with a rights-based approach for children, youth, and trans masculinities.
At a time when defunding of public health policies and stigmatization are affecting access to pregnancy termination, we updated and provided legal tools for healthcare teams that continue to guarantee the right to safe and free abortion in our province, under the terms of Law 27.610. Fundeps attorneys Mayca Balaguer and Luz Baretta offered an overview of the current legal framework on health from a human rights perspective. The emphasis was placed on the rights of children and adolescents, in light of key principles such as progressive autonomy and the best interests of the child, incorporated into the Civil and Commercial Code in 2015—principles that guide various health practices, including voluntary and legal termination of pregnancy.
In the afternoon, we began the work session coordinated by Santiago Merlo, a teacher and trans activist, member of the Trans Fatherhood Network, with whom we reflected on approaches within the health system from a diversity perspective. We reviewed the importance of dismantling our own prejudices and making room for trans experiences within the consultation space, using inquiry as a primary tool when faced with uncertainty: “There is no need for us to assume the sexual orientation or gender identity of those seeking care; asking them is a relief both for them and for health professionals. It is a fundamental resource,” Santiago stated.
Finally, we collectively reconstructed the milestones that enabled us to advance the implementation of AMEU practices in the province. We discussed the main challenges faced in each territory and the strategies that we can continue to strengthen through network-based work, which is one of our main commitments at Fundeps.
When asked what “accompanying” means, Camila Recalde, a family physician from the Cruz del Eje area, explained: “For me, it is about being able to put oneself in the place of the other, in that moment, and understanding that the people who come to consultations are subjects of rights, and that we are there to accompany decisions and processes with a respectful and compassionate perspective toward what that person is experiencing at that time.”
This was yet another opportunity to recharge our energies and continue working together to strengthen access to comprehensive sexual health care in Córdoba, with a diversity perspective and a rights-based approach.
Contact:
Romina Pezzelato – romina.pezzelato@fundeps.org
Fundeps supports the 2nd National Congress on Trans Childhoods and Adolescences
Organized by the civil association La Casita Trans, the event will bring together leaders, activists, families, professionals, and social organizations from across the country to discuss inclusion, support, and the rights of trans, travesti, and non-binary children and youth. The congress is self-managed and aims to promote, defend, and guarantee the rights of trans children and adolescents as a priority population.
Fundeps is proud to support and officially endorse this space, and will participate in Panel 4: “Transfeminist Strategic Litigation”, which will address experiences of legal and social transformation in defense of trans identities’ rights.
The program includes discussion panels, workshops, and spaces for care and collective creation, with topics ranging from fundamentalism and hate speech to good practices in health, education, and justice, along with artistic activities and an organizations’ fair.
In the days leading up to the event, La Casita Trans publicly denounced acts of harassment and disinformation campaigns promoted by anti-rights groups that attempted to prevent the congress from taking place. Fundeps strongly condemns these actions, which constitute forms of violence and persecution against the trans population—especially children and adolescents—and reaffirms our commitment to defending human rights, equality, and diversity.
We invite everyone interested to participate and support this initiative, which celebrates the existence and voices of trans childhoods:
📅 November 17 – Aula Mayor, Provincial University of Córdoba
📝 Registration form: click here to register.
Because trans childhoods and adolescences exist, resist, and deserve to grow up free, respected, and loved.
Contact:
Mayca Balaguer: maycabalaguer@fundeps.org
Dialogue and alliances to build more inclusive and equitable universities
The “Building Feminist Universities” conference, organized on November 6 and 7 by the National University of Córdoba through the Central Unit for Gender Policies and the Interuniversity Network for Gender Equality and Against Violence (RUGE-CIN), brought together representatives from universities across the country to reflect on the present and future of gender policies in higher education. Under the slogan “Weave, Resist, Persist: Gender Policies Built Through Networks,” the event reaffirmed its federal and interuniversity character, calling for collective efforts to sustain progress made and to envision more inclusive universities committed to human rights.
Within this framework, Fundeps participated in the presentation “Feminist Litigation as a Pedagogical Strategy: A Training Proposal in the Law Degree Program at UNC,” sharing the experience of the elective course Feminist Litigation: Legal Strategies for Gender Equality. The course, which has been offered for three years, is taught by an interdisciplinary team composed of professors and researchers from the Faculty of Law and the Institute for Studies on Law, Justice, and Society (IDEJUS), Catholics for the Right to Decide, Fundeps, and other practicing lawyers and members of the judiciary.
This initiative seeks to rethink legal education from a feminist and intersectional perspective, promoting critical analysis of legislation and jurisprudence, the design of legal strategies with a gender equality approach, and the articulation between academia, civil society, and the judiciary.
Likewise, as part of the UNC’s Social Advisory Council, Fundeps participated in the meeting of the Forum of Rectors and Vice-Rectors of the National Interuniversity Council (FoReVi-CIN), held on November 6 at the Evita Museum – Ferreyra Palace, under the theme “Education and Employment with a Gender Perspective.” This space brought together university authorities, business leaders, and social organization representatives with the goal of strengthening ties between academic institutions and social actors to promote inclusive and violence-free educational and work environments.
These spaces are key to deepening dialogue between civil society and public universities and to continuing to build feminist perspectives within the educational system—recognizing the transformative role of education in promoting gender equality and human rights.
Harm is harm: the impact of electronic cigarettes on health.
In response to this situation, the InterAmerican Heart Foundation (FIC Argentina), together with AsAT, ETESA IECS, GRANTAHI from the Italian Hospital, UATA, FEIM, Fundeps, Fundación Sales, Fundación Pacientes Cáncer de Pulmón, and CEDES, developed the document “Emerging products and health damage: Situation in Argentina and recommendations.” Its aim is to systematize the available scientific evidence and propose concrete measures to protect public health.
Current scientific evidence shows that emerging products are not harmless. A recent meta-analysis found that the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and metabolic dysfunction is similar between users of electronic cigarettes and those who smoke conventional cigarettes. In addition, other reviews have reported links to pneumonia, bronchitis, decreased sperm count, dizziness, headaches, migraines, and oral cavity damage. The document also highlights that dual use (electronic and conventional cigarettes) increases disease risk, and that studies suggesting otherwise often come from authors with conflicts of interest.
A gateway to tobacco use:
Available data in Argentina are clear:
These results confirm that emerging products can serve as a gateway to tobacco use, even among adolescents who had never smoked before.
No more, no less—just another form of harm:
The most accurate way to understand the impact of vaping is as a different risk, not necessarily a lower one.
A true harm reduction strategy should be implemented by health authorities, aim to protect public health, and focus on specific groups—not rely on the free commercialization of harmful products.
The signatory organizations recommend:
Electronic cigarettes are not a safe alternative. They pose a different kind of risk, with growing evidence of their impact on health and their role in initiating tobacco use. Protecting the health of the population—especially children and adolescents—requires decisions based on independent evidence, free from industry influence.
Read the full document at LINK.
Every drop counts: from a historic failure to the cleanup of the San Roque.
Lake San Roque is more than just a landscape: it’s a source of water, life, and work for millions of people in Córdoba. Today, it needs us. For decades, it has been polluted to the point where its water is no longer safe. But in April 2025, the courts acknowledged the environmental damage and ordered the State to carry out a comprehensive cleanup plan. This was the result of years of technical and legal work by Fundeps, together with the support of neighbors, communities, and organizations who live by and defend the lake.
It’s a historic achievement. What once seemed impossible begins with a single drop. And what comes next depends on you.
A ruling that changed everything
The court ruling for the comprehensive cleanup of Lake San Roque recognizes the right to a healthy environment and demands that provincial and municipal authorities implement concrete measures to restore the basin. It was the result of years of joint effort: collecting scientific evidence and historical documentation, preparing technical reports, attending hearings, conducting expert evaluations, and continuous monitoring.
But rulings don’t enforce themselves. They require oversight, citizen participation, and constant presence to turn words on paper into real action.
What is Fundeps doing now?
Our legal and technical team continues to follow every step of the process closely:
We request regular reports and submit observations.
We monitor compliance with the ruling and the cleanup plan.
We demand transparency and citizen participation.
We support the communities around the basin.
We work to empower communities so they can demand the ruling’s enforcement.
Your contribution is the drop that changes the lake
The Drop That Changes the Lake is a campaign of individual donors that helps sustain this work, ensure that the ruling is enforced, and make the cleanup of San Roque a reality. Every contribution —big or small— helps fund legal and technical monitoring and strengthens citizen oversight to protect Córdoba’s water and environment.
Without follow-up, the ruling could remain just words on paper. Your donation helps turn this historic decision into safe water. Today, you can be the drop that changes the future of the lake.
Drop by drop, change grows. When drops come together, they form a current strong enough to achieve the impossible: bringing life back to Lake San Roque. When a community unites, even the smallest action becomes powerful.
Your contribution is the drop that changes the lake. And every drop counts.
Regional Dialogue for Abortion Rights
Between October 30 and November 1, Fundeps took part in the 8th Regional Conference of the Latin American Consortium against Unsafe Abortion (CLACAI), held in Bogotá, Colombia, under the theme “The Horizons of the Right to Abortion.”
The event brought together nearly 400 participants from Latin America and the Caribbean, including activists, health professionals, lawyers, researchers, and representatives of social organizations working to promote access to safe abortion and sexual, reproductive, and non-reproductive rights across the region.
Throughout the conference, key institutional and social challenges were addressed in the context of setbacks in sexual and reproductive rights. Participants shared strategies for regional litigation and advocacy, experiences of innovation in service provision, and feminist accompaniment practices. The importance of coordination among Global South movements to sustain and expand hard-won rights was also emphasized.
As part of the program, Fundeps participated in the meeting of CLACAI’s Legal Network. It also took part in parallel sessions on Research for Action, aimed at strengthening evidence generation and monitoring to improve service quality, and on Abortion after 20 Weeks, where regional experiences and guidelines for humane and comprehensive care in cases of advanced pregnancies were shared.
CLACAI highlighted that the conference made it possible to bring together diverse voices from across the region around a common goal: guaranteeing universal access to legal, safe, and high-quality abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Fundeps’ participation in this space reaffirms its commitment to the defense of sexual and reproductive rights, the exchange of knowledge across territories, and the construction of collective strategies to improve regional and global access to these rights.
Contact:
Mayca Balaguer, maycabalaguer@fundeps.org
New threat to the Labeling Law in Argentina
In April of this year, the Common Market Group (GMC) instructed Working Subgroup No. 3 to resume negotiations for a Technical Regulation on Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling, with the goal of harmonizing regulations among member countries of the bloc. If approved, this regulation would include, among other elements, the unification of a graphic warning system and a nutrient profile model (NPM).
If such a regulation is adopted, MERCOSUR countries would be required to adapt their national front-of-package labeling standards to align with the bloc’s decision. It is important to highlight that Argentina currently has the most robust front-of-package labeling system in the region. If, during the harmonization process, elements from other countries’ systems were incorporated, the local regulation would be seriously weakened. Adopting lower standards would represent a step backward in the protection of the right to health, adequate nutrition, and access to information in our country.
Why is this a threat?
Argentina’s front-of-package labeling system warns about a greater number of excessive critical nutrients than those used in other countries.
It is the only one that includes precautionary statements for caffeine and sweeteners, warning against their consumption by children and adolescents.
The Argentine system is based on the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Nutrient Profile Model, which covers many more unhealthy products than those addressed by other national models.
For these reasons, we call for any future harmonization within MERCOSUR to fully adopt the Argentine system, to prevent the weakening of the Labeling Law and the resulting setback in public health protection. We urge Argentine representatives to defend the rights that have been achieved.
Within this context, together with other civil society organizations, we are relaunching the campaign “Don’t Cover Our Eyes”, first developed in 2021, now with the goal of raising awareness about the need to defend the law against these threats.
Furthermore, as part of collaborative work with various academic and civil society organizations across the region, regional institutions from Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay have recently issued a joint statement, recognizing the Argentine system as the model to follow for a potential common technical regulation on front-of-package labeling.
Organizations committed to the right to food from different MERCOSUR countries will participate as observers in the upcoming Working Subgroup No. 3 meeting, to be held in October, to closely monitor the progress of these discussions.
More information:
Recommendations for addressing the discussion on Front-of-Package Labeling within MERCOSUR
Infographic
Website of the campaign “Don’t Cover Our Eyes Again”
Contact:
Maga Merlo — magamerlov@fundeps.org
Litigation and research in response to rollbacks in gender policies
From September 25 to 26, the 3rd Conference on Law, Justice and Society, “Thinking about the Present to Dispute the Future: Science, Democracy and Rights under Tension,” was held. The event was organized by the Institute for Studies on Law, Justice and Society (IDEJUS) of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and the National University of Córdoba. Fundeps supported the conference as one of the endorsing institutions. This forum regularly brings together researchers, academics, activists, and legal professionals to discuss key challenges related to justice, public policies, and human rights in Argentina.
At this edition, Fundeps participated in Panel 9: “Advances and Challenges of Gender and Sexuality Agendas in Argentina.” During this session, María Luz Baretta and Mayca Balaguer, members of the Fundeps team, presented the paper “Civil Society Resistance to the Dismantling of Gender Policies in Argentina.”
The presentation examined the process of budget cuts and the dismantling of public policies related to gender equality, sexual and reproductive health, and the prevention of violence since December 2023. It also addressed the strategies promoted by civil society to confront these setbacks. Among the experiences shared, particular emphasis was placed on strategic litigation, preventive actions, and advocacy measures developed in collaboration with other organizations. These efforts aim to ensure the continuity of essential programs, the provision of critical supplies, and the fulfillment of the State’s human rights obligations.
The paper invited reflection on the response capacity and resilience of civil society in contexts of rights regression, as well as on the importance of strengthening alliances, evidence production, and State accountability mechanisms.
Fundeps’ participation in these conferences reaffirms its commitment to the defense of the rights of women, girls, adolescents, and gender-diverse communities, and to the collective construction of legal and social knowledge for a more just and equal society.
Contact:
Mayca Balaguer, maycabalaguer@fundeps.org
We join the UNC Social Advisory Council
The Executive Director of Fundeps, Mayca Balaguer, has been appointed as a member of the Social Consultative Council (CSC) of the National University of Córdoba (UNC) in its newly established composition, approved on August 18. This body, recognized in the statutes of the UNC, is tasked with advising the Rector and the Honorable Superior Council on non-academic matters and fostering exchanges between the community and the university.
Its objectives include contributing to the fulfillment of the mission of the National University of Córdoba through strategies of cooperation, consultation, and participation, thereby incorporating the perspectives of the community it represents.
The Council constitutes a space for dialogue, participation, and cooperation, bringing together representatives from various civil society organizations and institutions, human rights bodies, trade unions, and productive entities.
At the first meeting of its renewed composition, held on September 17 at Pabellón Argentina and chaired by Rector Jhon Boretto and Vice-Rector Mariela Marchisio, the key work areas guiding this new stage were presented.
At Fundeps, we welcome our incorporation into the CSC with the firm conviction that knowledge production, scientific development, and the training of professionals with a human rights perspective are fundamental pillars for building a more just, equitable, and sustainable society. This participation also commits us to defending science, education, and public health, particularly in a context of State underfunding.
Contact
Mayca Balaguer, maycabalaguer@fundeps.org
Territorial Feminisms for a Popular Ecology
Last Wednesday, September 10, members of Fundeps took part in a day of exchange organized by the Córdoba Peasant Movement (Movimiento Campesino de Córdoba, MCC), within the framework of the visit to the province by the renowned Spanish ecofeminist leader Yayo Herrero. The meeting was held at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the National University of Córdoba and brought together social, academic, and territorial organizations from different provinces. Francisca Fernández Droguett, from Chile’s Movement for Water and Territories (Movimiento por el Agua y los Territorios, MAT), and Carolina Llorens, from the MCC, also participated.
During the event, participants addressed the main challenges posed by the ecosocial crisis and the strategies proposed by eco-territorial feminisms to place life at the center. The presentations invited reflection on the need to question existing power structures, create narratives that appeal to desire and hope, and build possible futures from the present.
In the collective working spaces, participants shared experiences and common concerns, such as the overload of struggles and urgent demands affecting territories, the lack of time for reflection and care, and the tensions between the discourse of a “just energy transition” and the extractivist logics that continue to prevail. In response to this context, the importance of strengthening community ties, sustaining collective spaces, and recognizing care as a political practice was emphasized.
Fundeps’ participation in this meeting is part of our commitment to weaving alliances and promoting dialogue among different agendas and social movements, with the aim of contributing to a just transition that incorporates the voices of those who defend territory and life.
Contact:
Mayca Balaguer, maycabalaguer@fundeps.org
We participated in the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
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 for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the main United Nations intergovernmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality in the region. Since 1977, it has convened regularly to analyze regional and subregional situations regarding women’s autonomy and rights, and to present recommendations on gender equality public policies, in compliance with regional and international agreements.
Romina Pezzelato, coordinator of the Gender and Diversity Area, represented Fundeps in the extensive agenda of “side events” officially supported by CEPAL. These gatherings brought together civil society representatives from across the region to deepen dialogue and debates around the human right to care, the central theme of this year’s Conference.
Throughout the week, one of the most significant highlights was the response of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to Argentina’s request for an advisory opinion, recognizing the right to care as an autonomous right—that is, not only as an aspect linked to other rights but as a right in itself—across three dimensions: the right to provide care, the right to receive care, and the right to self-care. Based on this position, the IACHR recommended that states in the region implement public policies that guarantee dignity, equality, and shared responsibility in the provision of care throughout the life cycle.
Care as a concept of struggle and community resistance
In a regressive regional context, where the rise of right-wing forces compels us to uphold networks and actions that protect hard-won rights, many of the debates centered on sustaining agendas that push for public policies guaranteeing the right to care. Defending care as an act of sovereignty for women situates us not within our homes ensuring the reproduction of life, but as protagonists in struggles such as the defense of land, the environment, food sovereignty, and sexual and reproductive rights, among others.
On Monday, August 11, the Feminist Forum took place as a precursor to the XVI Regional Conference on Women. Feminists from more than 150 civil society organizations across Latin America and the Caribbean came together to make their voices heard by governments. As a result of an intense day of debate, a document was drafted and read at the official Conference by a representative of the Otrans organization, addressing authorities present:
“Neither silence, nor setbacks, nor nostalgia, nor consolation. Thirty years after Beijing, we demand justice. We call on States to return to the basics: to place life, social, racial and ecological justice, as well as gender equality and the protection of human rights, at the center. We also invite you to be bold and creative in your responses. Feminists have been building collective, sustainable and radical strategies for decades, which must be recognized and incorporated into State debates.”
In another strong document outlining the many dimensions of the right to care in the current regional context, the Feminist Forum also stated:
“We demand clear commitments to the most humanizing agenda of all: one that promotes an economic, political, social, and cultural model that generates well-being, is sustainable, and places care at the center. An agenda that has defended the recognition of the right to decide over our own bodies and life projects. One that guarantees social justice with a restorative and reparative approach. The agenda of substantive equality supported by feminisms. From Palestine to Haiti, we demand peace, justice, and equality!”
The Commitment of Tlatelolco is the name of the official document resulting from the XVI Regional Conference on Women, in which regional governments pledged to develop public policies aimed at reducing inequality gaps that continue to weigh on the bodies of women and LGBTQI+ people.
At Fundeps, we reaffirm our ongoing commitment to advocacy actions that engage with each of these demands in defense of human rights.
Contact:
Romina Pezzelato, romina.pezzelato@fundeps.org
From Fundeps, Fundación Sanar and Anfibia Podcast, we launch the second season of “Exceso de Todo.”
Starting September 4, the second season of Exceso de Todo is available.
The podcast that revealed that Argentina’s Law on the Promotion of Healthy Eating is much more than the black octagons on food packaging returns with new questions: Why is a law built on scientific evidence, backed by experts, and passed with broad political consensus now facing attempts at deregulation?
In its first season, the podcast used the Law on the Promotion of Healthy Eating — known as the Front-of-Pack Labelling Law — as a starting point to show that eating well goes far beyond labelling. Across five episodes, it explored how we eat in Argentina, what we need to eat better, and why food choices are not merely individual decisions.
In this second edition, through three episodes, journalist Soledad Barruti uncovers how the food industry interferes with the implementation of the law, the role the State plays in this process, and how civil society is organizing to defend it.
This season also digs deeper, inviting us to question the logic behind how Argentina’s food system has been and continues to be regulated. Talking about what we eat, how it’s produced, and how we consume it has never been more urgent.
The first episode analyzes the ongoing attempts to deregulate the Front-of-Pack Labelling Law and the industry’s strategies to weaken its enforcement.
The second explores the social consequences of living and growing up in a state of food emergency — especially for children and adolescents.
The third looks beyond the urgency to imagine a new paradigm: food sovereignty as the path toward ensuring access to fresh, healthy and sustainable food.
Listen to the podcast here
Exceso de Todo is an original production by Fundeps, Fundación Sanar, and Anfibia Podcast.
General Coordination: Natalia Arenas
Journalistic Production and Script: Lucila Lopardo
Sound Design: Mateo Corrá
Executive Production: Tomás Pérez Vizzón
Communications: Vera Ferrari
Visual Identity and Illustrations: Flora Buraschi
Administration: Ana Laura Fortuzzi
Anfibia Magazine Direction: Cristian Alarcón
At Fundeps, we continue working to defend evidence-based public policies that protect the right to health and guarantee adequate nutrition for everyone.
Contact:
Maga Merlo – magamerlov@fundeps.org
We held the second meeting “Networks of Commitment and Care”
With the participation of more than 40 healthcare professionals, we held the second meeting “Networks of Commitment and Care” on August 2 in the city of Córdoba. It was a space for training, active listening, and exchange, aimed at strengthening capacities, sharing experiences, and highlighting good practices in sexual and (non) reproductive health with a diversity perspective and a rights-based approach.
This initiative, promoted by the Gender and Diversity area of Fundeps in collaboration with Belén Carcedo from the Comprehensive Health Clinic and Sofía Menoyo, member of Socorristas en Red, brought together professionals from various localities: Agua de Oro, La Granja, Jesús María, Santa Rosa de Calamuchita, Villa Dolores, Huinca Renancó, La Paquita, Corral de Bustos, Bell Ville, Paso Viejo, Alta Gracia, and Villa Los Aromos.
On this occasion, the meeting focused, on the one hand, on the medical practice of Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) as a safe, outpatient method of pregnancy termination recommended by the World Health Organization; and, on the other hand, on the challenges related to providing care with a rights-based approach for children, youth, and trans masculinities.
At a time when defunding of public health policies and stigmatization are affecting access to pregnancy termination, we updated and provided legal tools for healthcare teams that continue to guarantee the right to safe and free abortion in our province, under the terms of Law 27.610. Fundeps attorneys Mayca Balaguer and Luz Baretta offered an overview of the current legal framework on health from a human rights perspective. The emphasis was placed on the rights of children and adolescents, in light of key principles such as progressive autonomy and the best interests of the child, incorporated into the Civil and Commercial Code in 2015—principles that guide various health practices, including voluntary and legal termination of pregnancy.
In the afternoon, we began the work session coordinated by Santiago Merlo, a teacher and trans activist, member of the Trans Fatherhood Network, with whom we reflected on approaches within the health system from a diversity perspective. We reviewed the importance of dismantling our own prejudices and making room for trans experiences within the consultation space, using inquiry as a primary tool when faced with uncertainty: “There is no need for us to assume the sexual orientation or gender identity of those seeking care; asking them is a relief both for them and for health professionals. It is a fundamental resource,” Santiago stated.
Finally, we collectively reconstructed the milestones that enabled us to advance the implementation of AMEU practices in the province. We discussed the main challenges faced in each territory and the strategies that we can continue to strengthen through network-based work, which is one of our main commitments at Fundeps.
When asked what “accompanying” means, Camila Recalde, a family physician from the Cruz del Eje area, explained: “For me, it is about being able to put oneself in the place of the other, in that moment, and understanding that the people who come to consultations are subjects of rights, and that we are there to accompany decisions and processes with a respectful and compassionate perspective toward what that person is experiencing at that time.”
This was yet another opportunity to recharge our energies and continue working together to strengthen access to comprehensive sexual health care in Córdoba, with a diversity perspective and a rights-based approach.
Contact:
Romina Pezzelato – romina.pezzelato@fundeps.org