In 2021, an Argentinian organization called "Mujeres Que no Fueron Tapa" ("Women Who Weren't in the Cover") launched the hashtag #HermanaSoltaLaPanza, which can be translated to mean #SisterFreeTheBelly, to start a discussion about body image.
Topolansky’s resignation is meaningful to many Uruguayans, especially Uruguayan women in politics, because Topolansky was a pioneer in this sphere in the country.
On July 6, a diverse group of women in Uruguay presented a proposed law to the country’s parliament that would create a standard guideline to establish the same set of sizes for all clothes.
The feminist and the LGTBQIA+ movements in Latin America have started to criticize how Spanish and Portuguese express so much systemic prejudice and misogyny and are proposing changes to make them more inclusive.
On December 30, Argentina’s Senate approved legislation that not only legalized abortion until the 14th week of pregnancy, but also made the procedure free of charge.