Events
Brazil from Bad to Worse since Cop26
A London Climate Action Week event to discuss Brazil's social and environmental crises and how to respond to them. Organised and curated by Global Canopy and supported by People's Palace Projects and Greenpeace UK.
With:
Txai Suruí - Brazilian Indigenous leader
Graham Stock - BlueBay Asset Management and co-chair of the Investor Policy Dialogue on Deforestation (IPDD)
Louisa Casson - Head of Forests and Food, Greenpeace UK
Niki Mardas - Executive Director, Global Canopy
Moderated by Yula Rocha - People's Palace Projects.
Workshop: Creative Community Resistance – Brazilian migrant women in London
A conversation about how creative research methods can capture resistance against gendered violence among Brazilian migrants in London.
The event will include a round table led by Professor Cathy McIlwaine sharing the findings of the research 'Resisting Violence, Creating Dignity: negotiating Violence Against Women and Girls through community history-making in Rio de Janeiro',
Talk: Resisting gendered violence
Body Mapping and Social Memory Technology for resisting gendered violence
A conversation about innovative research methods capturing formal and informal resistance against gendered violence in Rio de Janeiro.
Professor Cathy McIlwaine will be joined by Rosa Heimer, Julia Leal and Fernanda Vieira, both managers at the Women's House of Maré (Rio de Janeiro), and Moniza Rizzini Ansari
Exhibition: Dignity and Resistance
Community pathways for resisting gendered urban violence in Rio de Janeiro and London.
Exhibition presents a range of creative outputs including photography, illustration, multimedia video and podcasts.
The launch will include a round table led by Professor Cathy McIlwaine sharing the findings of the research 'Resisting Violence, Creating Dignity: negotiating Violence Against Women and Girls through community history-making in Rio de Janeiro'. Cathy will be joined by Fieldwork Managers from the Women's House of Maré in Rio - Julia Leal and Fernanda Vieira - and Research Associate from the project, Moniza Rizzini Ansari.
The exhibition, open to the public, run through 13th May.