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CESE supports training in art and resistance for young people

News - 22.03.21

Initiative from Homeless Movement of Bahia builds autonomy in young people from the Subúrbio Ferroviário district in Salvador Art can be an instrument of struggle, building self-esteem and strengthening the expression of one’s self and one’s desires. It was in this knowledge that the Homeless Movement of Bahia (Movimento Sem Teto da Bahia: MSTB) decided to train young people from Salvador, […]

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Threatened by the advance of capital, communities and social movements fight for the preservation of water resources in Brazil

News - 22.03.21

World Water Day, celebrated on 22 March, provides an arena for debate about the importance of guaranteeing access to quality water and basic sanitation for the whole population   By Rafael Oliveira When walking with Dona Raimunda in her garden, in the rural community of Gleba Tauá in the municipality of Barra do Ouro in […]

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INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION: COVID-19, ENVIRONMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL RACISM

News - 21.03.21

21 March is marked down in the global calendar of struggles as International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The date was proposed and established by the United Nations (UN) in memory of the Sharpeville Massacre on 21 March 1960. On that day, approximately twenty thousand people protested against the pass laws in Johannesburg […]

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RELIGIOUS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS PROMOTE DEBATE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FUNDAMENTALIST AGENDAS ON THE LIVES OF WOMEN, ORIGINAL PEOPLES AND TRADITIONAL COMMUNITIES

News - 17.03.21

  An online event “Religious Intolerance in Brazil: Human Rights – New Fundamentalisms – Exclusion” was held on 17 March.  The activity occurred in parallel with 46th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council and aimed to analyse and debate the impact of fundamentalist agendas on the lives of women, original peoples and […]

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CESE DELIVERS EMERGENCY AID TO TRADITIONAL PEOPLES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY FLOODS IN ACRE

News - 15.03.21

Houses, crops and livestock were destroyedentirely; emergency aid will reach approximately 3000 indigenous people,as well as people from the general population. The year 2021 started with great hardship for the people of Acre.  The state was already confronting boththe COVID-19 pandemic and an outbreak of dengue, when, in the middle of February, the people of […]

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MARIELLE FRANCO: LIVES IN OUR MEMORIES AND IN OUR STRUGGLE!

News - 14.03.21

The political femicide of Marielle Franco was an attempt to silence her work in the democratic occupation of power arenas by black women. The crime, which marks its third anniversary on 14 March, reinforces the racist, sexist and unequal relationships in Brazilian society denounced during Marielle’s career.  An attack on democracy, which hurt women, the […]

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