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 drums,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
On the day on which International Black Latin-American and Caribbean Women are celebrated in Brazil, National Tereza de Benguela and Black Women’s Day, CESE launched the video “25 July: Footsteps that have come so far – Black Women in motion!” Through this...
Fighting for respect, promoting rights and boosting autonomy are some of the principles that guide the work of the Madre Maria Villac Benevolent Association (Associação Beneficente Madre Maria Villac: ABEMAVI), an organization that has worked to promote Human Rights...
CESE call for proposals supports regularization of AMASPRENT’s legal status Regulatory compliance is essential for the financial and institutional life of a non-governmental organization or association. Without this, organizations are unable to sign contracts, obtain...
With support from the Giving for Change programme, support mobilization by the Interstate Movement of Babassu Coconut Breakers (Movimento Interestadual das Quebradeiras de Coco Babaçu: MIQCB) has led to approval of a state law to protect the babassu palm tree....
