Author Archives: CEPIA Cidadania

CEPIA, in partnership with the Municipal Department of Education, through the Health at School Program (PSE), started, in June, a cycle of workshops with public high school students. This is a second stage of CEPIA´s project Sharing Knowledge, strengthen...

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The regional director of UN Women for Latin America and the Caribbean, Maria Noel Vaeza, held a virtual meeting on June 23 with members of advisory groups from several countries in the region, in which Jacqueline Pitanguy participated. The UN Women’...

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On June 28th, Leila Linhares Barsted, professor emeritus and coordinator of the Human Rights, Women’s Rights and Public Policy module on the Postgraduate Lato Sensu Course Gender and Law at the School of Magistracy of the State of Rio de Janeiro –...

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The Inter American Dialogue (IAD) held the Sol M. Linowitz Forum which brought together, in three sessions, in June, IAD members from various countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada and the United States to discuss issues related to democracy, h...

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The Fluminense Forum More Women in Politics produced a Technical Note 1 with statistical simulations and a brief analysis on the reservation of 15% of seats for women in Municipal Chambers, Legislative Assemblies and Chamber of Deputies, to contribute to ...

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On June 29th, the Generation Equality Forum held the event Euro-Latin American visions and proposals to improve care and shelter for victims of gender-based violence. The main objective of this event was to generate a bi-regional dialogue to reflect and l...

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REBRAPD, in partnership with CEPIA and the Civil Society Working Group for the 2030 Agenda, and with the support of the European Commission, held on June 29th and 30th, the webinar Durban + 20 Brazil Platform – Agenda 2030 Intersectionality and Ineq...

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On June 30th, the Municipal Chamber of Maricá held a Public Hearing to discuss the increase in femicide rates in Brazil. Leila Linhares Barsted participated as an exhibitor, highlighting how femicide corresponds to the devaluation of women in Brazilian s...

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ABEP (Brazilian Association of Population Studies) and UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) publish the e-book  Population and development under debate: multidimensional impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil, with various articles on issues relate...

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The Fluminense Forum More Women in Politics held, on July 14th, another meeting to discuss the change in the electoral law that, among other setbacks, will decrease women’s representation in the National Congress. The PL foresees that only in 2028 w...

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The Women’s Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association – ABA, promoted, on July 14th, the webnary “Gender Issues & Tax Law” to discuss the major impact of taxation on women, a theme still little discussed by law professionals....

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The State Council for Women’s Rights – CEDIM/RJ promoted a webinar, on July 19th, to discuss the use of Family Constellation by the judiciary in cases involving domestic and family violence against women. This event was attended by coordinator...

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The Maria da Penha Law Consortium promoted meetings with representatives of the Avon Institute and the National Council of Justice – CNJ, on July 20th and 27th. Leila Linhares Barsted, representing Cepia, participated in these meetings, when the dat...

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The Maternal Mortality Committee (MM) met on July 22nd to organize the information that will be presented to the Municipal Secretary of Health on the alarming situation of maternal death in Rio de Janeiro. The data show a MM ratio of 114/100 thousand, una...

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Leila Linhares Barsted, on July 21st, 22nd and 23rd was interviewed by the Viva Maria Program of the National Brazil Communication Radio – EBC, by TV Cultura and by the Catarinas Portal about the recently approved Law in Argentina, which grants the ...

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