In Progress

When speaking about the situation of women in Brazil, it is necessary to define whether one is speaking of white women, black women or indigenous women. Each one lives a different reality, with distinct challenges and achievements.

Alzira Rufino, founding member of The Black Women's Collective of Baixanda Santista in Brazil, spoke in London at the Fighting Sexism: North and South conference organised by War on Want. Alzira speaks to us too in these following pages.