Stories written by Marcela Valente
Marcela Valente has been IPS correspondent in Argentina since 1990, specialising in social and gender issues. She is a history teacher and alternates her correspondent work with teaching journalism at various schools and workshops. At the University of Buenos Aires, she has taught “Introduction to the Study of Society and the State”. Marcela has participated in several courses and workshops on journalism in Costa Rica, Germany, Denmark and Uruguay. She has covered news in Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay and Sweden. She began her career in 1985 as a contributor for the Argentine newspaper Clarín. She also worked for El Correo de Bilbao (Spain) and the Uruguayan weekly magazine Brecha, among other media.

ARGENTINA: League of Househusbands Growing Fast

By Marcela Valente
The four-year recession and subsequent rise in unemployment in Argentina have prompted under- and unemployed men to come together in an organisation that aims to instil appreciation of the importance of household and child-rearing responsibilities, and of the need for such duties to be shared by both partners.

ARGENTINA: League of Househusbands Growing Fast

By Marcela Valente
The four-year recession and subsequent rise in unemployment in Argentina have prompted under- and unemployed men to come together in an organisation that aims to instil appreciation of the importance of household and child-rearing responsibilities, and of the need for such duties to be shared by both partners.

LABOUR-ARGENTINA: Women to Gain Union Leadership Posts

By Marcela Valente
Leadership posts in Argentina's trade unions, which are dominated by men, will be forced open this month to broader participation by women thanks to a new law that reserves 30 percent of the candidacies in internal elections for women.

LABOUR-ARGENTINA: Women to Gain Share of Leadership Posts

By Marcela Valente
Leadership posts in Argentina's trade unions, which are dominated by men, will be forced open this month to broader participation by women thanks to a new law that reserves 30 percent of the candidacies in internal elections for women.

ARGENTINA: The Rise and Fall of the Great Bartering Network

By Marcela Valente
Argentina's economic collapse and the deterioration of its social fabric fuelled, in little over a year, an unprecedented boom of a new bartering system, which shrank just as quickly due to inflation, speculation, scarcities, counterfeit bartering credits, and a plunge in membership.

ARGENTINA: The Rise and Fall of the Great Bartering Network

By Marcela Valente
Argentina's economic collapse and the deterioration of its social fabric fuelled, in little over a year, an unprecedented boom of a new bartering system, which shrank just as quickly due to inflation, speculation, scarcities, counterfeit bartering credits, and a plunge in membership.

HEALTH-ARGENTINA: New Law to Provide for Free Birth Control

By Marcela Valente
The Argentine Congress passed a new law on reproductive health that provides for free birth control methods and advice to women nationwide, and will help prevent teen pregnancy, back-alley abortions, cancer of the reproductive system and breasts, and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.

HEALTH-ARGENTINA: New Law to Provide for Free Birth Control

By Marcela Valente
The Argentine Congress passed a new law on reproductive health that provides for free birth control methods and advice to women nationwide, and will help prevent teen pregnancy, back-alley abortions, cancer of the reproductive system and breasts, and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.

HEALTH-ARGENTINA: New Law to Provide for Free Birth Control

By Marcela Valente
The Argentine Congress passed a new law on reproductive health that provides for free birth control methods and advice to women nationwide, and will help prevent teen pregnancy, back-alley abortions, cancer of the reproductive system and breasts, and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.

TRADE-BRAZIL: To the Rescue of the Original Mercosur

By Marcela Valente
The victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil's presidential run-off vote Sunday could mark a turnabout for Mercosur (Southern Common Market), return to its original path of productive, political and strategic integration.

TRADE-BRAZIL: To the Rescue of the Original Mercosur

By Marcela Valente
The victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil's presidential run-off vote Sunday could mark a turnabout for Mercosur (Southern Common Market), return to its original path of productive, political and strategic integration.

HEALTH-ARGENTINA: Prevention Cuts Perinatal HIV/AIDS Transmission

By Marcela Valente
A new prevention programme implemented in nine public hospitals in Argentina has reduced the rate of mother-child transmission of HIV, the AIDS virus, by nearly 90 percent.

HEALTH-ARGENTINA: Prevention Cuts Perinatal HIV/AIDS Transmission

By Marcela Valente
A new prevention programme implemented in nine public hospitals in Argentina has reduced the rate of mother-child transmission of HIV, the AIDS virus, by nearly 90 percent.

ARGENTINA: Support Groups for Families with Loved Ones Abroad

By Marcela Valente
The emigration of thousands of Argentines, mainly young people, who are fleeing the economic collapse in their country and the consequent lack of jobs and opportunities, has led to a mushrooming of support groups for mothers and other family members left behind.

ARGENTINA: Support Groups for Families with Loved Ones Abroad

By Marcela Valente
The emigration of thousands of Argentines, mainly young people, who are fleeing the economic collapse in their country and the consequent lack of jobs and opportunities, has led to a mushrooming of support groups for mothers and other family members left behind.

CULTURE-ARGENTINA: The Tango’s New Scholars

By Marcela Valente
Twenty-five university graduates from various fields are the first students in a post-graduate programme focused on the tango, the only higher degree available in Argentina in this century-old music form emblematic of the Rio de la Plata region.

CULTURE-ARGENTINA: The Tango’s New Scholars

By Marcela Valente
Twenty-five university graduates from various fields are the first students in a post-graduate programme focused on the tango, the only higher degree available in Argentina in this century-old music form emblematic of the Rio de la Plata region.

ARGENTINA: Farmers, Lawmakers Try to Curb Land Sales to Foreigners

By Marcela Valente
Small and medium-sized farmers and a group of lawmakers in Argentina have banded together to try to curb the sale of farmland to foreigners, who have been drawn by the plunge in the value of property in dollars caused by the crash of the peso.

ARGENTINA: Farmers, Lawmakers Try to Curb Land Sales to Foreigners

By Marcela Valente
Small and medium-sized farmers and a group of lawmakers in Argentina have banded together to try to curb the sale of farmland to foreigners, who have been drawn by the plunge in the value of property in dollars caused by the crash of the peso.

ARGENTINA: Democracy in Crisis

By Marcela Valente
Although a broad majority of Argentines value democracy, only a tiny minority believe in the ability of their democratic system and its institutions to overcome the country's severe economic, social and political troubles.

ARGENTINA: Democracy in Crisis

By Marcela Valente
Although a broad majority of Argentines value democracy, only a tiny minority believe in the ability of their democratic system and its institutions to overcome the country's severe economic, social and political troubles.
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