Monthly Archives: February 2024

On May 29th, the event Sexual violence against children and adolescents: advances, setbacks and perspectives took place, held by FEPETI/RJ, of which CEPIA is part. The meeting, which was held at the Brazilian Academy of Letters, within the framework of th...

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The VIVA MARIA radio program interviewed Jacqueline Pitanguy about the elections in Mexico and the election of the first female president of this important country. Jacqueline highlighted that the path to Claudia Sheinbaun’s arrival as president was...

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On June 4th, CEPIA, represented by Mariana Barsted, took part in a meeting to consolidate the Brazilian Network of Women Human Rights Defenders, as part of the Public Call for Consultations for the National Plan for the Protection of Human Rights Defender...

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Journalist Mara Regia, host of the Viva Maria radio show, interviewed Mariana Barsted on the occasion of the attacks suffered by MP Luiza Erundina, a historic figure in the defense of human rights. Erundina fell ill during a session of the Chamber of Depu...

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On June 11th and 12th, the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) held its 9th Conference of States Parties to the Follow-up Mechanism to the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women (MESECVI) in ...

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On June 14th, the Maria da Penha Law Consortium, of which CEPIA is a member, in partnership with the organization Tamo Juntas, held a seminar to launch the book The importance of a comprehensive law to protect women in situations of gender-based violence,...

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June 12th is the international and national day to combat child labor. Alarming data from IBGE says that in 2022 Brazil had 1, 9 million child up to 17 years old in child labor situation. Sexual exploitation is among the worst types of child labor. CEPIA ...

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About the Bill (PL 1904) that equates abortion with homicide Jacqueline Pitanguy spoke, on June 18, with Pedro Doria and Mariliz Pereira Jorge on the Mesa do Meio Program,  an independent YouTube journalism channel. Jacqueline highlighted the need to ana...

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Jacqueline Pitanguy was interviewed by Jornalismo T V Cultura on June 17th about Bill 1904, highlighting that it is precisely the poorest girls, the majority of whom are black, who will face the most barriers in accessing abortion before 22 weeks… M...

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On June 20th, the National Association for Graduate Studies and Research in Social Sciences (ANPOCS), together with the Brazilian Anthropology Association (ABA), the Brazilian Political Science Association (ABCP), the Brazilian Sociology Society (SBS) and...

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The program Outside Politics There Is No Salvation (Fora da política não há salvaçã0) with Claudio Couto invited Jacqueline Pitanguy to talk about Bill 1904, known as the Rapist’s Bill. Some of the questions raised during the conversation were:...

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On June 24th, the Permanent Forum on Domestic, Family and Gender Violence of the School of Magistrates of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Justice (EMERJ) held the event PL 1904 – Institutional Violence against Women’s Reproductive Rights. Th...

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CEPIA began a new training cycle with students from the Acelera Carioca Project at the George Pfisterer Municipal Public School including meetings that seek to bring life skills closer to sexual and reproductive health. The selection of the  topics and a...

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Celebrating 10 years of its empowerment and training program for adolescents and young people, CEPIA held on June 27th the event Straight forward talk: adolescences, health and rights, a very powerful meeting bringing together more than 60 adolescents and...

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On July 1st, the Master Program in Law (PPGD) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro held a seminar on Social Movements, Gender and Emancipatory Struggles, as part of the subject Justice System, Human Rights and Social Movements, coordinated by Profe...

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