Cecília Maria Bacellar Sardenberg

Brazilian Feminisms in Global Spaces: Beijing and Beijing+20

Within the last decades, feminist movements in Brazil have advanced significantly beyond borders, gaining increasing recognition in global spaces, UN ones in particular, for positively influencing Brazils official position. Unsurprisingly, Brazil has served four terms in the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and, in the eyes of more progressive delegations, is a much needed presence to ensure no lost ground on what has been achieved in previous conferences. However, the actual presence of Brazilian feminist activists in the delegations and the NGO Forums has dwindled considerably. What have been the strategies and mechanisms at play in maintaining a radical vein in our official position? Can it be sustained without the more active involvement of feminist activists – say, throughout Brazils new role as president of the 60th CSW session? These are some of the issues I address in this article, sharing the views of activists present at those events.

Trabajo y salud de las mujeres del sector metalúrgico y mecánico de Brasil

El estudio realizado con 1.144 mujeres metalurgicas de Manaus, Salvador y Fortaleza (Brasil), revela un perfil sociodemografico identico al de otros sectores, en lo que se refiere a la edad, escolaridad, estado civil y numero de hijos. Para el analisis de las condiciones de salud, ademas de las caracteristicas tradicionalmente estudiadas, se intento dar importancia a situaciones que pueden llevar a las mujeres a la ansiedad y al estres como la discriminacion racial y sexual y acoso en los lugares de trabajo.