Category: Women, Girls and Youth

Latin America will be all feminist!

April 9, 2024

March 8, International Women’s Day (IWD), serves as a barometer of the strength of feminist and women’s movements, especially in Latin America where for years people have been mobilizing for women’s rights and women’s lives.

Argentina, Brazil, Mexico show progress and fragility of sexual and reproductive rights in Latin America

March 20, 2024

n this installment we present three country notes-Mexico, Argentina and Brazil-on advances and setbacks in access to safe and legal abortion in our continent. The different overviews remind us that while there are moments to celebrate as victories, these gains are not without setbacks, new obstacles or co-optation. The struggle for sexual and reproductive rights in Latin America is constant. That is why our movements are long term. 

The liberal and libertarian project in Argentina: the six hardest blows against women’s and vulnerable sectors’ rights

March 20, 2024

Only ten days after assuming the presidency after winning the ballot with 55.7% of the votes, the libertarian liberal Javier Milei signed a Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU). In this article we present the 6 blows against the emblematic advances that Argentina had made for women’s rights, for training on gender issues, for the prevention of discrimination and for the protection of nature in the country.