Advocacy: African-Descent Women's Rights

Summary

To act in the diff. extents of the Brazilian National Congress & federal executive in order to influence the formulation & approval of bills affecting rights and promotion of African-descendent women.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

This project serves African-descendent women, specifically, and the African-descendent community as a whole. Since the program will be developed in the federal extents of the gov., the benefits of the project will reach African-descendent women all over Brazil.

Activities

Foster bills & programs to help solve racial & gender inequalities, influence any bill that may impact these women's conditions and ensure resources in the nat'l budget to promote these women.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Funding Policy: partial (Retired)

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Call the attention of Brazilian policy makers to the problems faced by African-descendent women in Brazil.

Project Message

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- Sueli Carneiro, Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Sueli Carneiro,
Director
Praca Carlos Gomes 67
5 andar cj. M Liberdade
Sao Paulo, 01501-040
Brazil
55-11-31010409
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Geledes-Instituto da Mulher Negra
Praca Carlos Gomes 67
5 andar cj. M Liberdade
Sao Paulo, 01501-040
Brazil
55-11-31153470
http://www.geledes.com.br

Learn more about Geledes-Instituto da Mulher Negra and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Brazil and can also be found under Human Rights.

For more information about Brazil, read the Human Development Report on Brazil or the Wikipedia entry for Brazil.

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 28, 2003.

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