Women fight back as Milei's government tries to starve their soup kitchens

Community cooks are keeping ‘common pots’ alive despite dwindling supplies and a campaign to paint them as corrupt

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Argentina’s 8M feminist strike: Women are protesting Milei’s cuts and widespread hunger | openDemocracy

Feminists are uniting on International Women's Day to protest economic violence inflicted by new president Javier Milei

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Knights of Columbus and CPCs: How all-male Catholic order gave millions to anti-abortion centres | openDemocracy

Tax filings show Knights of Columbus ploughed at least $10.8m into ‘crisis pregnancy centres’ in six years

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Uruguay’s missing women may have been trafficked. The state doesn’t care | openDemocracy

Our 12-month investigation into cases of nine women reveals years of failure by police and prosecutors

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Sexual predators target Uruguay’s kids in care – and the state looks away | openDemocracy

Campaigners say some minors groomed by alleged sex traffickers disappear or die but the system is unmoved

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Conservatives could take over key inter-American human rights body

Countries will this week elect members to the Americas’ most important institution for protecting human rights

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Latin America: feminists continue fight for abortion rights in 2023 | openDemocracy

Sexual and reproductive rights activists in the region say ‘our struggle continues’ to maintain progress so far

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Women win decades-long clean air battle in Chile's own 'Chernobyl'

Activists in Quintero-Puchuncaví Bay ‘sacrifice zone' hail closure of Codelco plant that poisoned their community

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