Author Archives: CEPIA Cidadania

Lobby do Batom (Lipstick Lobby), a documentary about the history of the feminist movement that changed the Brazilian Constitution, will premiere today, March 23, on NET Gávea at 9 pm. The documentary gathers testimonies from women who were directly invol...

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Invited by professors Simone Diniz and Cristiane Cabral from the Faculty of Public Health at the University of São Paulo (USP), Jacqueline Pitanguy lecture the graduate class Feminism, Gender and Knowledge Production and Public Policies: the Brazilian ca...

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Jacqueline Pitanguy and Branca Moreira Alves, authors of the book Feminism in Brazil: memories of those who made it happen, recently released by the publisher of @bazardotempo, invite Hildete Pereira, Sandra Azeredo, Leila Barsted and Comba Marques Porto ...

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During the period of March 8 to 29th, CEPIA held a set of 4 online workshops bringing together 17 educators from the Henrique Dodsworth Municipal Public High School, including teachers from different subjects such as Portuguese, mathematics, physical educ...

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Jacqueline Pitanguy was interviewed on April 4 for The Economist magazine about Sexual Education in Latin America. In the interview, she highlighted the resistance of the current government in implementing the curricular guidelines already approved in pre...

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The Suely Souza da Almeida Women’s Reference Center of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and the City Hall of Duque de Caxias, initiated, on April 5th, the Course Single Form for Compulsory Notification of Abuse and Other Violences, aimed at ...

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The Diversity and Inclusion Program of Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV Direito Rio (Law), in partnership with the Consulate General of the United States of America in Rio de Janeiro, and with the support of the Center for Studies on Contemporary In...

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CEPIA launches the campaign ReAGE! Seu Voto muda tudo (ReACT! Your vote can change everything). The Campaign, recently launched on CEPIA’s social media, aims to encourage the participation of adolescents and young people in the 2022 national electio...

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The Permanent Forum on Domestic and Gender Violence of the School of Magistrates of the State of Rio de Janeiro (EMERJ), under the coordination of Judge Adriana Ramos de Mello, held on April, 13th, a meeting to plan their next events from May 2022. Leila ...

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Jacqueline Pitanguy was interviewed on April 13 by The National Public Radio (NPR), the US national radio station, about the drug misoprostol, also known as Cytotec, used for safe abortion. She highlighted the importance of misoprostol in reducing materna...

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As a follow up of the  event Feminist Leadership and Climate Justice: an intersectional dialogue across borders, organized by CEPIA in partnership with the WLP (Women’s Learning Partnership), at the Parallel Forum of NGOs of the Commission on the S...

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On April 26th, it will take place the launch of a fundamental book for understanding the Brazilian feminist movement, its struggles and victories that changed the lives of Brazilian women. Written by Branca Moreira Alves and Jacqueline Pitanguy, respectiv...

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The Brazil Foundation promoted an online event to present the book Feminismo no Brasil, memórias de quem fez acontecer. (Feminism in Brazil, memories of those who made it happen). The event was coordinated by CEO Rebecca Tavares who , in conversation wi...

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On April 19, the day of indigenous peoples, we invited Ellen Acioli, an indigenous women from the Sateré Mawé ethnic group, feminist, conservationist and climate activist to answer the question: What are the strategies adopted by indigenous women to avo...

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The Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Human Rights and Health – LIDHS, of the Institute for Studies in Collective Health (IESC), of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), held on April 20th, in partnership with ABIA, CEDAPS, CEPIA, and the ...

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