Fundación Mujeres en Igualdad
The Fundación Mujeres en Igualdad (MEI), known in English as the Women in Equality Foundation, is an Argentine NGO created in March 1990. It has been awarded consultative status with United Nations ECOSOC. The foundation sets out to combat gender-based violence and discrimination against women by promoting welfare, participation, and empowerment in the political, economic, social and cultural spheres. From its inception Women in Equality promoted the use of the new technologies intensively, being the first women's NGO in Argentina to have a website. Through such initiatives, it has networked and created partnerships with  NGOs and with the women's movement both at the national and international levels. Structure. Mujeres en Igualdad Foundation has its offices in Florida, Province of Buenos Aires. The founder of Women in Equality was Zita Montes de Oca, with Monique Thiteux-Altschul as its executive director. Breakfasts. Mujeres en Igualdad began its “About Representatives and Represented” Project breakfasts in 1993, and has since held 176 breakfasts, in the City of Buenos Aires and numerous provinces. An average of 70 sundry participants attends each month, including women senators, deputies ad legislators, judges, lawyers, functionaries, journalists, academics, union representatives, members of  NGOs and international agencies, embassies, aboriginal people's organizations, politicians, and grass roots organizations. These monthly meetings are meant to make town halls debate women's issues from the political agenda as well as special topics that allow the women present to pool their thoughts and coordinate their work. International forum of women against the corruption. Mujeres en Igualdad Foundation has organized three forums and prepares its fourth Forum to be held in October 2016 to analyze and draft public policies and gendered budgets to counteract actions used by corruption to threaten women's human rights. The third Forum was  held in 2008 in the School of Law in the University Buenos Aires, within the framework of Women for Equality and Transparency (UNIFEM – UNDEF, United Nations), to debate and share experiences fostering transparency.