July Chapter updates
LOLAs work with congress and the sex Education Crisis in Argentina…
LOLA Warsaw, Poland
LOLA Poland Opening Meetup
LOLA has arrived in Poland! For their first event, the chapter invited all of those interested in or familiar with the ideas of liberty and discussed the current challenges in the Polish libertarian movement and how to bring new women into the ideas. Guest speaker Dobrosława Gogłoza who is Managing Director of the crowdfunding website Pomagam.pl,, shared her entrepreneurial story, obstacles she faced while starting and managing two global projects to inspire LOLAs in their own work.
LOLA Guatemala City, Guatemala
Give Guatemalans Access to Vote
It is a complex process to vote in the country in Guatemala. Of 18 million people, only 3 million are eligible to vote. The political system is designed to make sure few people vote but LOLA Guatemala is partnering with like-minded organizations in order to change that. In the first session of the program: Political Participation for Women, leaders were able to educate attendees on how to vote and participate in the upcoming election with 48 attendees who joined. The course aims to train the participants in three main topics: 1) To provide Guatemalan women with basic information about the importance of civic participation. 2) Teach them how the electoral process takes place in Guatemala and the steps required to participate. 3) To educate them in various ways beyond voting to impact Guatemalan society from their communities.
LOLA Quito, Ecuador
LOLA Ecuador Working With Congress
LOLA Ecuador has started an initiative in their country in which they will act as advisors to legislators by commenting and proposing bills related to women’s rights and empowerment. In early August, the Chapter will have a working meeting with members of Congress and hope to see results soon. The first event launching this initiative took place in July where leaders established a work agenda for the next month to analyze the bill and outline an alternative proposal. They also launched a new initiative in order to become a public opinion reference with an alternative perspective toward feminism and liberty, proposals, and solutions to Congress. Currently, there are five bills in Congress related to women’s rights, and LOLA Ecuador decided to focus on the bill on menstrual health, which has no sustainable grounds.
LOLA Mendoza, Argentina
The Sex Education Crisis in Argentina
In Argentina, sex education classes were nonexistent until 2019 when Congress approved the ESI (Educaccion Sexual Integral) law. Because of this gap in information, women 20 years old and above do not have a lot of information about their health and sexuality. As a result, sexually transmitted illnesses and teen pregnancies increased substantially. LOLA Argentina is here to help women gain the knowledge they need to manage their own sexual health by inviting a women’s health specialist, Tatiana Barroso. The class helped attendees gain the information and skills they need to make the best decisions for themselves about sex and relationships.
LOLA Guatemala City, Guatemala
Guatemala & Colombia LOLA Leaders Meet Up
LOLA Guatemala City leaders were able to meet with LOLA Medellín, Colombia’s leader where they created bonds to move forward in the fight for women’s freedom in Latin America. Leaders discussed the current work of their chapters and the importance of economic freedom for women overall.
LOLA Mar Del Plata, Argentina
First Meet
Mar del Plata is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and is known as Argentina’s top beach resort town. LOLAs meet together for the first time sharing their stories on how they found liberty, learned about LOLA’s mission and classical liberal ideology, and united in goals for the future.
LOLA Bahia, Brazil
LOLA Brazil Grows To Its 17th Chapter
Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population and is now home to the newest LOLA Chapter. This marks the 17th LOLA Chapter located in the country of Brazil. A warm welcome to LOLA Bahia leader Jade!
LOLA Brazil
Political Renewal in Brazil
RenovaBR is the biggest and best course on political renewal in Brazil with the goal of getting new leaders into political positions. Pictured are LOLA Brazil members who will run for Brazilian elections this year.
LOLA Santa Catarina, Brazil
UJL’s First National Conference
LOLA Santa Catarina joined friends at UJL (União Juventude e Liberdade) a youth focused political organization in Brazil, for their First National Conference bringing together several experts for conversations on education, entrepreneurship and politics.