In a context of activism against gender inequalities and violence against women and the LGTBIQ+ community, we promote public policies and practices in the private sector that guarantee human rights of all sex-gender identities. In addition, we promote spaces for reflection and social action, in alliance with different sectors of civil society.
Work Focus / Agendas
- Sexual and (non) reproductive rights and Comprehensive Sex Education (ESI)
- Feminist Economics, Care and sustainability of life
- Gender and political participation
- Communication and gender
- Gender and IFIs (International Financial Institutions)
Main activities
- Monitoring access to sexual and (non) reproductive rights at local and national levels. Litigation and research for the implementation of Legal and Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy Law. Building capacities with healthcare workers through counseling, training, and spaces for reflection and debate.
- Research, building capacity and gathering of local, national and regional experiences in Feminist Economics and Care Work, from a life sustainability perspective.
- Monitoring public gender and communication policies, and research regarding the participation of women in public and private media, advertising agencies, union organizations and educational institutions.
- Monitoring environmental and social standards for development financing from a gender perspective.
- Mapping the political participation of women in political representation positions at the provincial and national levels, and monitoring the application of parity laws. Promoting women’s political rights in collaboration with social and labor organizations.
- Submission of reports to international human rights organizations
Area Coordinator › María Cecilia Bustos Moreschi
Cecilia has a degree in History, graduated from the National University of Córdoba. She is a specialist in Care Policies with a Gender Perspective (CLACSO) and in Oral and Recent History. She has a diploma in Management and design of distance educational proposals (ARTEC-UNC) and a master’s degree in Anthropology (University of Seville). She has also taken courses on Comprehensive Sexual Education and Feminist Economics.
She has participated in research teams and work networks on Recent Argentine History and on gender and work (CIFFyH), also on care and old age, and human rights and companies (Universidad Siglo 21).
She currently works as a teacher at the middle and higher levels.
Since 2015 she has been a member of the Gender and Sexual Diversity Area of Fundeps and is currently the Coordinator.