Sueli Carneiro, director of the Geledés Institute for Black Women
Sueli Carneiro is the founder of Geledés, a black women’s organization which intertwines concerns of race and gender, and addresses the particular problems confronted by […]
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Feminist Vanda Menezes and the echoes of black resistance: "My feminism is black"
Echoes of black resistance in Serra da Barriga, in Alagoas (northeastern Brazil), land of Zumbi of Palmares*, run through the veins of Vanda Menezes, black militant […]
Feminist Vanda Menezes and the echoes of black resistance: "My feminism is black"
Echoes of black resistance in Serra da Barriga, in Alagoas (northeastern Brazil), land of Zumbi of Palmares*, run through the veins of Vanda Menezes, black militant […]
Rising from poor origins, auditor Cláudia Nunes proves that competency has nothing to do with race or gender
Cláudia Nunes: “I didn’t accept the fate of invisibility that is the black woman in Brazil” by Dayene Peixoto, Isabel Vilela, Marcela Heitor, Renata and Rosane Queiroz […]
Rising from poor origins, auditor Cláudia Nunes proves that competency has nothing to do with race or gender
Cláudia Nunes: “I didn’t accept the fate of invisibility that is the black woman in Brazil” by Dayene Peixoto, Isabel Vilela, Marcela Heitor, Renata and Rosane […]
Black Brazilians begin to fight back
Ivete Sacramento, who became Brazil’s first black president of a major university in 1998, said she’s saddened every day when she looks out the balcony […]
In unanimous decision, Brazilian Supreme Court rules Affirmative Action policies are constitutional
The issue of affirmative action and quotas to increase access of Afro-Brazilians to Brazil’s finest universities has been a hotly debated topic in Brazil for the […]
Seminar highlights black women’s health and unequal access to health care
As studies have proven, black women have less access to health care in Brazil. Surveys conducted by respected institutions like the Institute of Economic Research […]
Seminar highlights black women’s health and unequal access to health care
As studies have proven, black women have less access to health care in Brazil. Surveys conducted by respected institutions like the Institute of Economic Research […]
Myths and prejudices: Afro-Brazilians make up only 3.5% of heads of Brazil’s largest companies
Lia Maria dos Santos is an economist and a plastic artist. She is currently unemployed but says she does a lot of interviews Myths and […]
Myths and prejudices: Afro-Brazilians are make up only 3.5% of heads of Brazil’s largest companies
Lia Maria dos Santos is an economist and a plastic artist. She is currently unemployed but says she does a lot of interviews Mythsand prejudices […]
Afro-Brazilians suffer ‘institutionalized discrimination’ in health services, says director of NGO
Besides having less access to health care than whites, the black population also suffers from an”institutionalized discrimination” in public health services in the country, according […]
