Lawyer Leila Linhares Barsted is a central figure in the fight against violence against Brazilian women. A member of the Maria da Penha Law Consortium, she was one of those responsible for drafting the bill that would become one of the most advanced piece...
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On January 12, at a meeting of the Permanent Forum of Foreign Policy of Chile, Jacqueline Pitanguy presented her analysis on the gender dimension in regional integration processes. She highlighted the importance of considering the most advanced laws and p...
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MESECVI – the Follow-up Mechanism to the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women, known as the Convention of Belém do Pará, in collaboration with the Regional Office of the UNFPA-LACRO Pop...
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On January 17th, 18th and 19th, the 1st National Meeting of Women Human Rights Defenders took place in Brasilia, as part of the Connecting Women, Defending Rights project, implemented by UN Women Brazil, funded by the European Union, which supports women ...
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On January 17th, 18th and 19th, CEPIA, represented by Karla Oldane and Jacqueline Pitanguy, was present at the annual meeting of the 16 organizations that are part of the Sexual Autonomy program with the Elas+ Fund.
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On January 18th Fòs Feminista held an online meeting of its partners in which it presented the main international and regional events that will take place in 2024, highlighting the importance of our presence in these diverse spaces of strategic impact. A...
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The EMpower collaborative network, which brings together a group of organizations that work with the youth agenda in Rio de Janeiro and has the support of this Foundation, held its first online meeting of the year on January 25th to think about joint acti...
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The Women’s Safety Commission met on February 7th to discuss an agenda of activities aimed at boosting the state’s public policies, including the need for on-site observation of existing services. Leila Linhares Barsted attended the meeting as...
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On the afternoon of February 8th, CEPIA’s team, including Gabriel Brandão, Kézia Sampaio and Debora Garcia, held a workshop on Citizenship & Human Rights at its headquarters. The meeting brought together youth from the Municipal Health Depar...
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On Thursday, February 15th, CEPIA held the first workshop of a new partnership with the Instituto Cultura Urbana. Kézia Sampaio was the facilitator. Based on a methodology of collaboration the topics of the coming workshops were defined collectively base...
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On February 20th, the Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP) held an online meeting with its partner organizations to reflect, exchange experiences and strategies in the field of autonomy and economic empowerment of women. Nadereh Chamlou, member of ...
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The program Viva Maria, with Mara Régia, in its February 23rd program, celebrates the 92nd anniversary of women’s suffrage in Brazil and highlights the role of suffragettes, women who fought for the expansion of women’s political rights. Jacq...
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CEPIA, in continuation with the project “Sexual Education is to be spoken with and by young people”, being developed in partnership with Amaze and Fòs Feminista, held, on February 26th, a meeting with 5 young people, who will be focal points ...
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On February the 28th, UN Women, OHCHR and Race and Equality held an Information Session with Brazilian women’s organizations to present the international advocacy for 2024 and encourage women’s movements and organizations to advocate with the ...
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