Facts and figures: Women, peace, and security
Explore the latest data on violence against women in conflict and why women's leadership is essential for lasting peace.
One in four countries report backlash against women’s rights in 2024
The basic rights of women and girls are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections.
In Brazil’s forests, babaçu nut gatherers battle for communal rights
Quebradeiras de coco babaçu ('babassu coconut breakers') are groups formed by rural women from northern and north-eastern Brazil who earn...
Migration Response Done Right: Brazil’s Model for a World in Crisis
The 1.2 million Venezuelan migrants fleeing their country have been met with a rare blend of military logistical support and respect for...
The State of Trans Rights Across the Americas: Recognition, Contradiction, Violence, and Backsliding
In recent years, the state of trans rights across the Americas has been marked by a striking pattern of historic advances and devastating...
Intersectional feminism: What it means and why it matters right now
Intersectional feminism offers a way in. It helps us understand how different types of inequality – like racism, sexism, ableism, and classism – don't just...
Brazil: Illegal Ranches Devastate Rainforest, Livelihoods
Illegal cattle ranching has devastated the territories of small farmers and Indigenous peoples in Pará, the state that will hold the COP30...
Benedita da Silva, Brazil’s First Black Woman Senator and Governor
Benedita da Silva, Brazil's First Black Woman Senator and Governor. By Jaimee A. Swift. March 1, 2018.
Nísia Floresta
Nísia Floresta was a 19th-century writer and translator known as “the Brazilian Mary Wollstonecraft.” She published the first book on women's rights in South...
The Brazilian Billionaire Who Defines Social Impact
In case you missed it, she made the Time 100 most influential people last year. But Brazilians has been familiar with Luiza Trajano and her accomplishments...
Women’s Rights Movement (Brazil)
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Brazilian women’s rights movement
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Carla Akotirene
@CarlaAkotirene
95000
Mônica Benício
@MonicaBenicio
9138
Luiza Trajano
@LuizaTrajano
5000
Nísia Floresta
@NisiaFloresta
5000
Benedita da Silva
@BeneditaDaSilva
5000
Women’s Rights Movement (Brazil) (org/official)
@WomenSRightsMovementBrazilOrgOfficial
5000
Rita Segato
@RitaSegato
1513
Maria da Penha Maia Fernandes
@MariaDaPenhaMaiaFernandes
1438
Sueli Carneiro
@SueliCarneiro
971
Lélia Gonzalez
@LeliaGonzalez
383
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