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The "women not afraid to fight" movement. Image courtesy of Mídia Ninja
Thursday, October 06, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Brazil’s ghost candidates: How politicians abuse a law meant to encourage women in politics
Brazil Report
Despite being 53% of eligible voters, participation of women in Brazilian politics is still much lower compared to men. A law created in the 1990s aimed to increase the number of female candidates per election, but the law has been abused by...
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Friday, February 08, 2019
Brazilian politician under fire for showing too much cleavage in Parliament
New York Post
A female lawmaker who attended a swearing-in ceremony in a business suit accentuating her breasts is causing a furor in Brazil — a deeply conflicted country that recently elected an ultra-conservative president but is also known for skimpy swimsuits...
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Thursday, October 04, 2018
Brazil votes on Sunday. And Brazilian women have a better chance at reshaping its politics than ever before
The Washington Post
With just one week to go before Brazil’s Oct. 7 presidential elections, up to 10 percent of the country’s male voters remain undecided — and roughly 19 percent of female voters. Many voters and observers, both inside and outside Brazil, are worried...
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Wednesday, June 06, 2018
Brazil women bring fight against sexism on to political agenda
Financial Times
When a leftwing female congresswoman was described as too ugly to be raped, Manuela D’Avila’s stomach turned. The speaker was Jair Bolsonaro, the Brazilian far rightwing congressman and presidential candidate. That feeling only worsened after the...
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Monday, October 03, 2016
Report / White Paper
Brazil: The City 50-50 Platform
UN Women launched www.cidade5050.org.br where candidates will be able to make public commitments to gender equality. The project was developed in a partnership between UN Women Brazil, the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), the Patrícia Galvão Institute...
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Friday, April 05, 2013
Brazil’s Dilma seems unbeatable 18 months ahead of the presidential election
The poll from the Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion, Ibope, and published by O Estado de Sao Paulo shows that 35% spontaneously even before presenting the list of possible candidates, said they would support Rousseff in 2014, which is three...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Brazil: “We Are in the Process of Constructing a New Political Field, and This is Just the Beginning”
In an exclusive interview, Ms. Magaly Pazello highlights the debates about the reduction in international funding for Latin America, and observes that the search for new partnerships and creation of innovative projects are fundamental steps...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Brazil: Parties Fielding Too Few Women in Local Elections
There are still too few women on the lists of candidates for Brazil’s municipal elections in October. Women candidates for the position of mayor in the Oct. 6 elections represent only 10.3 percent of the total, hardly larger than the 2004...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
BRAZIL: Electoral Reform "Just a Sop" to Women
The Brazilian government is congratulating itself on the first-stage approval of a draft electoral law that increases women's participation in party politics. However, the women's movement says it introduces no changes to a power structure...
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