Resumo:
This year, along with the 25th anniversary of CEDAW, women in Brazil have much to
celebrate. Indeed, in response to demands from feminist and women’s movements,
President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva has established 2004 as Ano da Mulher (Women’s
Year). Besides, this past July, as part of the agenda for the year, the Special Bureau of Policies for Women (SPM-Secretaria Especial de Políticas para Mulheres), also
created by President Lula and with a cabinet status, held the First National Conference
on Policies for Women (I Conferência Nacional de Políticas para Mulheres).
Close to two thousand women delegates, chosen by their peers in regional and state
conferences, assembled in Brasília to discuss and elaborate the directives for a
national plan geared towards gender equity. The entire process mobilized nearly
300,000 women throughout the country, showing not only our ability to articulate
diverse interests and demands, but, more importantly, showing also the real potential
of feminist organisation to carry them through.
Descrição:
Paper presented at the conference “Global Challenges to Women’s Human Rights: Twenty-five years of CEDAW”, organized by Womenkind Worlwide; Portcullis House, Westminster, September 9, 2004.
