Ana Alice Alcântara

Cecilia Sardenberg is a Brazilian feminist, academic and activist. She is the director of OBSERVE, the Observatory to Monitor Maria da Penha Law, and a founding member of the <a href="http://www.neim.

Brazil: "state feminism" at work

How far can the flourishing "participatory state feminism" in Brazil expand into the state apparatus in order to counter the absence of women in decision making positions and redefine women's place in society?

By Ana Alice Alcântara

/ 18 Apr 2012

Women and politics: the Brazil paradox

In June 2007 - five years after it was first promised during the 2002 electoral campaign - political reform finally made it onto the Brazilian National Congress agenda. It was

By Ana Alice Alcântara

/ 11 Mar 2008