Through November 25 to December 10, CEPIA will post stories of women on its social media. Women who have suffered gender violence, women victims of femicide and women activists to end all forms of violence. The campaign takes the name Stories Without Ma...
Continue ReadingThe 9th edition of the Training of Trainers: empowerment and political participation of women was held from the 16th to the 25th of November. This is an annual initiative of CEPIA in partnership with Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights Developme...
Continue ReadingFIOCRUZ, within its Orange Agenda More Girls, promoted the Webinar Distracted browsing – (Un) Safe Digital Spaces?, which took place on November 28th. Kézia Santos, from CEPIA’s youth team, was one of the exhibitors and presented the various ...
Continue ReadingLeila Linhares Barsted, from CEPIA, followed the Open Meeting on Violence Against Women as an expression of sexism and racism; abortion and feminicide, which took place on November 28th, promoted by the Abortion Study Group – GEA and with the partic...
Continue ReadingThe United Nations Population Fund, within the framework of its Regional Spotlight Program, the MESECVI and the CIM of the Organization of American States, held, on December 2nd, the Webinar – Renovando los compromisos para cerrar las brechas de ate...
Continue ReadingThe 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...
Continue ReadingOn 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...
Continue ReadingCEPIA, 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...
Continue ReadingThe 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...
Continue ReadingThe 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 ...
Continue ReadingThe 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...
Continue ReadingThe 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...
Continue ReadingCEPIA, 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...
Continue ReadingThe 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...
Continue ReadingCEPIA, 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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