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...
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In 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...
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Cepia, 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...
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With 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”.
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The 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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