Regional Dialogue for Abortion Rights
Fundeps participated in the 8th CLACAI Regional Conference in Bogotá, a space that brought together organizations and activists from Latin America and the Caribbean to collectively reflect on current challenges and regional strategies to guarantee the right to abortion.
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
