Monthly Archives: August 2020

The Paraná Bar Association, CEJIL and CLADEM promoted, on December 2nd, the Webinar Access to Justice and Gender Stereotypes. Leila Linhares Barsted, from CEPIA, participated as an exhibitor discussing the various difficulties encountered by women in gai...

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On December 10, to mark International Human Rights Day, WLP (Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights Development and Peace)  will screen the documentary Equality: It’s All in the Family. The film examines the root causes of discriminatory law...

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CEPIA, in partnership with AMAZE and IPPF, started, on December 20th, the recording of dubbing for the Portuguese version of the video Why don’t I like my appearance? This project consists of choosing, translating, adapting, recording and mixing fou...

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The NGO SerelaMulher promoted, on December 10th, the Webinar Domestic Violence and Mediation – Use and Challenges. Leila Linhares Barsted, from Cepia, was invited to debate the topic, highlighting the limits of mediation practices that cannot be use...

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The political movement Catholics for the Right to Decide, which articulates with non-governmental organizations in 12 countries around the world, organized, on December 10th, a tribute to the feminist theologian Maria José Rosado, one of its founders in ...

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The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launched, on December 10, the Platform Women Safety, which aims to inform, strengthen networks and facilitate women’s access to services to prevent gender-based violence against women and girls. The project...

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The Maternal Mortality Committee of Rio de Janeiro met, on December 11th, aiming to analyze the activities developed in 2020,  the situation of Maternal Death (MM) in the context of Covid-19 and to plan its actions for 2021, considering the changes in th...

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CEPIA, which has been fighting for women’s reproductive rights for 30 years, celebrates the victory of Argentinian women who obtained approval in the National Congress of a law that decriminalizes  interruption of pregnancy up to 14 weeks. This vic...

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The Committee of Experts – CEVI of the Follow-up Mechanism to the Belém do Pará Convention (MESECVI) held, on December 14th and 15th, its 17th Meeting, in order to evaluate the work carried out in 2020 and outline its work plan for 2021. Leila Lin...

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CEPIA, jointly with the Municipal Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents (CMDCA-Rio) and Redes da Maré NGO, organized, on December 15, the workshop Straight talk: youth and protagonism, bringing together teenagers from 12 to 17 years. This me...

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The Goethe Institute, under its project O Século das Mulheres, is conducting interviews with women from Latin America, on issues related to sustainability and models of behavior of men and women, social visibility and communication, as well as on the cen...

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On December The Law and Gender Studies Group of the Law Bar Association (OAB) of Rio Grande do Sul, through the OAB/RS Superior School of Advocacy, invited Jacqueline Pitanguy to speak about the affirmation of the human rights of women in Brazil, through ...

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Following up on the Papo Reto Youth Empowerment project: this has to do with you!, which started in November, in partnership with the Municipal Education Secretariat (SME) and the Multiplier Adolescent Center (NAM), new workshops were held in December. Th...

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Cepia expresses its rejection of all forms of violence against women, especially in its most serious form, which are the crimes of feminicide, an expression of a macho and patriarchal culture that persists in our society. The feminicide of a judge, in fro...

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In 2020 CEPIA celebrated its 30 year anniversary  in defense of women’s human rights. We continue with this commitment in 2021 and wish that in the coming year our energies be renewed to move forward and nourish our hope. Among the various wishes o...

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