Jacqueline Pitanguy Interview on Feminist Movement in Brazil, International Women's Rights, and Her History with WLP (video)
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Title
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Jacqueline Pitanguy Interview on Feminist Movement in Brazil, International Women's Rights, and Her History with WLP (video)
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Description
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(Jacqueline Pitanguy)
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Jacqueline Pitanguy of WLP Brazil/Cidadania, Estudo, Pesquisa, Informação e Ação (CEPIA) speaks about her history with WLP, the development of an international women's rights network, and the development of the feminist movement in Brazil. Describes significance of WLP's work building solidarity and complementality without Global North/South divide. Discusses Brazil as most political and vocal in region, importance of work of NGOs not as replacing state duty but critically knocking on door and building civil society. Discusses prevalent issues in Brazil in context of diversity of race, religion, and ethnicity, urban violence, drugs, and human security. Describes background of founding CEPIA and development of programs. Describes success of WLP manuals in a country sophisticated in the use of diverse materials.
Discusses language of work as political tool either transforming or maintaining status quo. Comments on leadership. Discusses feminist movement in 1970s Brazil and emergence of new language. Discusses term 'feminist' as still misunderstood, 'rights' as as word non existent in several languages. Discusses successful spread of women's struggle reaching mainstream and curricula.
Describes success of WLP partnership.
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Subject
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Women's Learning Partnership
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Date
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2006
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Language
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English
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Coverage
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Unknown
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Type
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Topical Interview
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Format
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Unknown
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Creator
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Unknown
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Contributor
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Unknown
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Publisher
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Women's Learning Partnership
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Extent
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00:19:17
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Rights
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