More than 30 years have passed since that unprecedented March 8th when the Argentine feminist movement first stood up with a sign that said "No to motherhood, yes to pleasure". It was the first march for International Women's Day after Argentina's return to democracy, and the first time that women had openly demanded the right to decide about their bodies and life projects.
Argentina: How Support for Legal Abortion Went Mainstream
From Poland to South Korea: 9 abortion rights hotspots in 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted abortions around the world, with lockdowns complicating access in some places, while other countries made it easier to get at-home medical abortions. But despite stay-at-home orders, the world's legislatures, courts and politicians have continued to make key decisions to expand or roll back rights.
Argentina Legalizes Abortion, a Milestone in a Conservative Region
Argentina: Silvia Lospennato defends the legalization of abortion: "No one else will decide for us"
As was the case in 2018, the national deputy for Cambiemos, Silvia Lospennato , gave an energetic closing speech in favor of the bill on voluntary interruption of pregnancy , and stressed the need to legislate and "continue fighting for freedom and equality "for women and girls to decide on their bodies.
Argentina's lower house passes bill to allow abortion
UNAIDS: Expanding the Global Partnership to End Discrimination
To Celebrate the Human Rights International Day, the Executive Secretary of the Network of Women Sex Workers of Latin America and the Caribbean (RedTraSex) and the UNAIDS Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, have the honor to invite you to participate in the Launch of the Global Partnership For Action to Eliminate all Forms of HIV related Stigma and Discrimination in the Latin American and Caribbean region.
TMM Update Trans Day of Remembrance 2020
Argentina: Presentation of the bill for the comprehensive protection of sexual characteristics
This afternoon the bill for the "Comprehensive Protection of Sexual Characteristics" entered the National Chamber of Deputies, authored by the National Deputy Gabriela Estévez with the support of Intersex Justice, Abosex, the Intersex Plurinational Network and the LGTBIQ + League of the Provinces. The project is presented within the framework of the Intersex Visibility Weeks (October 26 - November 8).
Brazil: National LGBTI Institutions Repudiate Brazil's Omission in Signing the LGBTI + Action Plan in Mercosur
The institutions that collectively sign this note come to the public to call the attention of the Brazilian LGBTI + population, as well as researchers, allies, legislators and members of the judiciary, executive and other areas of defense of human rights that BRAZIL REFUSED USE OF THE TERMS GENERAL IDENTITY, EXPRESSION OF GENDER AND HATE CRIMES against the LGBTI + population in the work plan discussed at a meeting at the Permanent Commission for LGBTI People with the highest human rights authorities in MERCOSUR diverging from countries such as Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay on the theme.