The Group for the Analysis of Higher Education Education in Brazil – GEA promoted on September 14th the launching of the book Nilcea Freire, a name in the history of Brazil, as a post-mortem tribute to former Minister Nilcea Freire. This event highlighted the importance of the Minister in the direction of the Secretariat of Policies for Women – SPM of the Federal Government as well as her role as Rector of the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro – UERJ in promoting quotas for university students of Afrodescendants. Leila Linhares Barsted, from CEPIA, was present in this act, as well as she is one of the feminists who has a text in this publication.

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