Author Archives: CEPIA Cidadania

There are characters in the political history of Brazil who played a fundamental role in defending women’s rights, acting against conservative processes. Nelson Carneiro was one of these characters. During 40 years of experience in the National Cong...

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The School of the Public Defender’s Office of the State of São Paulo and the Coordinator of Women in Situations of Domestic and Family Violence of the Judiciary of São Paulo promoted, on August 13 th, the Seminar 10 years of the Alyne Pimentel Cas...

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On August 18th the Permanent Center for Consensual Methods of Conflict Resolution (NUPEMEC) in partnership with the Judicial Center for Settlement of Conflicts and Citizenship (CEJUSCs) organized the lecture Reflections on Mediation and Domestic Violence,...

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On August 17th, Radio Brasil Atual and TVT presented a program about women and Afghanistan. Jacqueline Pitanguy was interviewed and highlighted the need for countries to show solidarity with women and girls who are in imminent danger from the Taliban regi...

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On August 19, the Superior Law School, ESA, of the OAB of Rio Grande do Sul (Bar Association), in partnership with the Center for Studies in Law and Gender, launched the ninth edition of its electronic magazine and first thematic magazine on gender issues...

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In commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the Maria da Penha Law, the Public Defender’s Office of the State of Rio de Janeiro promoted, on August 19th, a round of talks as part of its Program Thursdays with the Popular Women Defenders, a project o...

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The National School for the Training of Magistrates – ENFAM, in the context of its Women’s Human Rights Course, promoted on August 25th, a roundtable discussion between judges, in the class Domestic Violence and the Criminal Justice System, co...

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On August, 25th, Mariana Barsted, representing CEPIA, attended the meeting of the Gender Commission of the Brazilian Institute of Family Law of Rio de Janeiro, IBDFAM RJ, which was attended by the judge of the family court, Dr. Gerardo Carnevale, and Prof...

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  In a celebration of the 15 years of the Maria da Penha Law, CEPIA promoted on August 31st the broadcast live 15 years of the Maria da Penha Law – Behind the Scenes of the Elaboration of Bill 11.340, coordinated by the journalist Mara Regia, o...

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The atlas-violence-2021-v6, organized by the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) and the Brazilian Public Security Forum (FBSP) portrays violence in Brazil, pointing out an important increase in violent deaths of undetermined cause in 2019. Thi...

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Confined to the domestic space, prohibited from going out on the streets, studying, working, participating in political life,  attending health services, submissive and subjected to domestic violence,  early marriage, rape, maternal mortality. This is h...

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The Women’s Union of São Paulo promoted, on September 4th, the event Commemoration of the 35 Years of the Brazilian Women’s Letter to the Constituents, coordinated by Amelinha Teles, founder of the Women’s Union and Coordinator of the Popul...

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The Permanent Forum on Foreign Policy is organizing the webinar Challenges for democracy and the role of Brazil in Latin America, mediated by Jaime Gazmuri, vice president of the Permanent Forum on Foreign Policy and former Ambassador of Chile in Brazil. ...

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The Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP), an international network of women’s organizations from the Global South, gathered representatives from its partner organizations on September 8th and 9th. The meeting included participants from organizat...

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The Diversity Program of the Law School of Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) promoted, on September 13th, the webinar Violence Against Women: Types and Differences, which included the participation of Leila Linhares Barsted, from CEPIA, and Professors Ligi...

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