Paraguay's Minister of Women Cynthia Figueredo urged the citizenry to keep working toward equity and justice during a ceremony leading up to Saturday's International Women's Day. She also underlined the power of women to transform society and called for collective action to build a more equal country.
A United Nations (UN) report published Thursday showed women’s rights weakened in 25% of countries worldwide last year, driven by factors such as climate change, democratic decline, and anti-rights movements. The document highlights a backlash against gender equality, undermining progress as per the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action.
Women took to the streets of the capital cities of the three Spanish-speaking Mercosur countries to celebrate International Women's Day. There were similar events in other towns throughout the region, it was reported.
The Catholic Church in Argentina has called an anti-abortion rally to coincide with International Women's Day, after centre-left President Alberto Fernandez spoke in favor of decriminalization of the issue.