In commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the Maria da Penha Law, the Public Defender’s Office of the State of Rio de Janeiro promoted, on August 19th, a round of talks as part of its Program Thursdays with the Popular Women Defenders, a project of the Public Defender’s Office aimed at training popular legal defenders. The event counted with the participation of Arlanza Rebello, Flávia Nascimento and Leila Linhares Barsted, who presented and debated with this audience the history of conquests of women’s rights, especially Law 11.340, the Maria da Penha Law.
