Author Archives: CEPIA Cidadania

On August 27, the CNDM held its regular meeting, inaugurating the new term of office of the Councilors. The meeting, held in Brasília, was chaired by the Minister of Women, Aparecida Gonçalves. The CNDM has a diverse composition that represents the plur...

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On August 27, the national newspaper O Globo published the article Elections, abortion and delays by Jacqueline Pitanguy and Leila Barsted, which warns of the need to assess the responsibilities of municipal public agents in guaranteeing legal abortion se...

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On August 29th, another cycle of workshops began with students from Baden Powell Public Municipal School “Partiu Papo Reto: a journey of awareness and safety”. This first meeting, out of six,  aimed to get to know the group and to exchange ideas abou...

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The International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo in September 1994, was a milestone in the defense of human rights, especially those of women. On that occasion, 179 countries committed to guaranteeing reproductive health, gender e...

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On September 17th, CEPIA, through its Partiu Papo Reto program, began a new cycle of workshops at the Orlando Villas Boas Public Municipal School “(Re)cognizing violence to prevent and confront it”. In this first out of five meetings, the topic of Lif...

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On September 25th, CEPIA, represented by Leila Linhares Barsted and Mariana Barsted, participated in the event Gender, Intersectionalities and Safe Cities, organized by Julia Poletine, founder of the NGO I Want to Tell, which offers a safe space for survi...

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On EBC’s Viva Maria program on September 30, journalist Mara Regia spoke with Jacqueline Pitanguy about women and politics. Mara pointed out that in the upcoming Brazilian elections, women represent only 6% of candidates. Jacqueline drew attention t...

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The Consortium Maria da Penha Law for Confronting All Forms of Gender Violence Against Women (Consórcio Lei Maria da Penha), as a feminist organization that proposed the Maria da Penha Law, and concerned about the repercussions of the measures provided f...

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On October 2nd, the Maternal Mortality (MM) Committee Meeting of the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro was held. At the meeting, the MM rates were presented, which fortunately showed a significant drop between September 2023 and 2024, but with the persistenc...

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Brazil has struggled to elect women to political office. The upcoming elections could change that, article on The Christian Science Monitor, a US publication, about women’s participation in municipal elections and national politics in Brazil, in whi...

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