Continuing the process of strengthening a collaborative network of organizations supported by EMpower that work with a youth agenda, on July 2nd a visit was held to the Vai na Web/Instituto Precisa Ser initiative, located in Morro dos Prazeres, Rio de J...
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On July 4th, ActionAid Brasil held its general assembly in which Jacqueline Pitanguy participated. In addition to the organization’s operational issues, it promoted presentations and debates on the political and economic situation, the fight against...
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On July 5th, the Permanent Forum on Domestic, Family and Gender Violence of the Rio de Janeiro State School of the Judiciary (EMERJ), together with the Gender, Race and Ethnicity Research Center (NUPEGRE) and the National School for the Training and Impro...
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The Regional Conference on Population and Development (CRPD) took place in Cartagena, Colombia in early July. The Conference had the participation of delegations from several Latin American and Caribbean countries, along with strong presence of civil soci...
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During the months of June and July, CEPIA’s Partiu Papo Reto held 4 thematic workshops related to Life Skills and its intersection with sexual and reproductive health with students from the George Pfister Public High School. The workshops followed...
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The Permanent Commission for Studies on Domestic Violence of the IERBB – Roberto Bernardes Barroso Education Institute of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Rio de Janeiro, created with the aim of promoting courses, events and disc...
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On July 11th, at the PGE-RJ Cultural Center, the Center for Legal Studies of the State Attorney General’s Office held the Seminar PGE-RJ in the History of Affirmative Actions, the opening event of the Affirmative Actions Module – ESAP, coordin...
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World Population Day was celebrated on July 11, with this year’s central theme being “Lives intertwined, threads of hope: Ending inequalities in sexual and reproductive health and rights”. In an interview with journalist Mara Regia from ...
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On July 16th, CEPIA participated in the first exchange session of the WesWind Award – Fòs Feminista/Amaze, which brought together award-winning organizations in the 2023/2024 edition of the Award. The event aimed to share initiatives and experience...
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On July 17th, Latin America and the Caribbean partner organizations of Fòs Feminista Alliance held an online meeting to evaluate the activities carried out during the Regional Conference on Population and Development (CRPD) and the Civil Society Forum,...
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The Brazil Foundation held its Advisory Board meeting on July 17th, in which it presented its assistance work to Rio Grande do Sul due to the catastrophe that affected this state. The Brazil Foundation made donations to different organizations covering di...
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On July 19th and 20th, the non-governmental organization Criola held the meeting Perspectives 2024 – Democracy, Abortion, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, in partnership with the State Front Against the Criminalization of Women and for the Legalizati...
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On July 24th, Latin American, Caribbean and Diaspora Black Women’s Day, the Follow-up Mechanism to the Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women (MESECVI) held an online seminar to launch General Recommendati...
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On July 25 and 26, the Justice System Dialogue Forum – Maria da Penha Law, under the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, held another meeting of the Working Group aimed at strengthening protective measures for women in situations of domestic and fami...
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Malu Gatto and Débora Thomé, who is part of CEPIA’s assembly of associates, published the book Candidates: the first steps of women in Brazilian politics (Candidatas: os primeiros passos das mulheres na política no Brasil), about women candidat...
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