On January 16th , the Maria da Penha Law Consortium met with several feminist organizations and networks to present and debate the initial report of its work toward the elaboration of a proposal for a General Law on Gender Violence for Brazil. In the occa...
Continue ReadingIn an interview published in the Diário de Pernambuco, on January 15th, entitled Feminicide: eight years after the law was approved, cases increase, Leila Linhares Barsted affirms that feminicide is a serious social phenomenon. “The rate of violenc...
Continue ReadingCepia, a civil society organization committed to the defense of democracy and human rights, expresses its deepest repudiation of the terrorist acts perpetrated by extreme right-wing criminals who attacked the democratic state of law on January 8. The Su...
Continue ReadingWith the words of the Brazilian poet Cora Coralina, CEPIA’s team celebrates the hope for better times in 2023. “There will be a time when a vaccine will prevent mistakes and violence”.
Continue ReadingThe Rio de Janeiro State Council for Women’s Rights (CEDIM/RJ) exhibited on December 21st, the documentary “I am Nair Jane – The Struggle of Domestic Workers”, produced by CEDIM/RJ in honor of this important representative of the c...
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