por Tarcilo | set 13, 2023 | News
Letter from our Ecumenical Mission … they shall turn their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles (c.f. Isaiah 2:4) “Transforming the evil of the bullet into grace.” (Anacleta Pires – quilombola leader) From 4 to 6 September 2023, with...
por Tarcilo | set 13, 2023 | News
This article is available in Portuguese This article is available in Spanish Between 4 and 6 September, in coordination with CESE and in partnership with a number of organizations, the ACT (Brazil) Ecumenical Forum (Fórum Ecumênico ACT Brasil: FEACT) held its 5th...
por Tarcilo | ago 11, 2023 | News
Communications Workshop – Can you talk your woes away? The challenge of communications in the struggles of Women from the Northeast. “Can you talk your woes away?” This was the question that guided the 3-day meeting of women from social movements in the Northeast...
por Tarcilo | ago 3, 2023 | News
Since 2015, femicide has been considered a crime in Brazil; throughout history it has been one of the most perverse demonstrations of the patriarchy in society. According to Eleonora Menicucci, sociologist and ex-minister for the Department for Women’s Policies,...
por Tarcilo | jul 30, 2023 | News
In 2022, the Cerrado and its babassu palm trees were under threat in the state of Tocantins. Draft law 776/2022, proposed by Deputy Olyntho Neto (Republicans)m planned to overturn the Free Babassu Law which prohibits the burning, felling and predatory use of...
por Tarcilo | jul 28, 2023 | News
Criminal fires, the drying up of the rivers, the death of the plantations, women disproportionately suffering the impact of pesticides and climate change. All these aspects were reported by the various representatives who participated in the “Exchange between the...