Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, feminist groups and movements, organizations such as UN Women, parliamentarians, researchers and feminist authors have pointed out the risks of the pandemic for women, especially the most vulnerable. Throughout the pandemic, Brazil has experienced an increase in cases of domestic violence, hunger and unemployment, with women showing higher numbers than men. Here we present mobilizations focused on preserving women or built by them.

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Online Embroidery

During the period of social isolation, political embroidery collectives were prevented from holding in-person meetings and demonstrations, which led members to actively demonstrate on their social networks, mainly through posts on Instagram. The embroidery carried out at that time usually involved themes such as: defending social isolation and sanitary measures to prevent Covid-19, the demand for a free vaccine for all, the appreciation of the Unified Health System, among others. Image: Linhas de Sampa – available at: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJy4aEHHRB2/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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Pamphleteer Embroidery

Linhas do Horizonte, known for being the first political embroidery collective in Brazil, proved to be politically active during the Covid-19 pandemic in several ways. One of them was from what they call pamphleteer embroidery, which consists of embroidering around the causes they defend, thus, they were present at demonstrations for the vaccine and against the policies of Jair Bolsonaro's government. Unlike simply handing out paper pamphlets, the embroiderers argue that embroidering around a cause ends up attracting greater interest from the population, because when people come across something artistic that reminds them of ancestry, a connection of affection and closeness is created, which which facilitates the establishment of dialogue and makes them more open to learning about different causes.

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Memory will not die

In March 2021, Brazil reached the number of 300 thousand deaths caused by covid-19 and its complications. Thus, the Linhas do Rio collective had the idea of ​​inviting other collectives of political embroiderers from different places to embroider in honor of these victims. First, an embroidered flag was made containing the names of 286 of these victims, but as more embroiderers joined the cause, they carried out more and more embroideries, in addition to the fact that the number of victims continued to grow.

The idea was to take the embroidery to public places, to give visibility and honor the memory of each of these dead. Among the collectives involved were: Linhas do Rio (Rio de Janeiro), Linhas do Horizonte (Belo Horizonte), Linhas de Sampa (São Paulo), Linhas do Mar (Caraguatatuba), Linhas de Santos (Santos), Bordaluta (Brasília), Points of Fight (Belo Horizonte) and Women of the Resistance Abroad (New York).

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Popular Memory in the Pandemic

The Popular Memory of the Pandemic is a project for recording and disseminating reports on popular experiences in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. The website was developed by Plataforma Dhesca Brasil and there it is possible to navigate through the memories of individuals and groups, who narrate their experiences and strategies for coping with the pandemic.

In addition to browsing through the memories available on the website, you can also participate in the Popular Memory of the Pandemic us your report . Sharing your experience can be a way to safeguard heritage, strengthen resistance in the present and build the foundations for the future.

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Orfandade e Direitos Coalition – resumption of processes and returns

THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS UNDER COVID-19 ORphanage is an articulation of civil society organizations, social movements, researchers, legal operators and social activists that has been mobilizing since 2021 for the recognition, visibility and rights of children and teenagers orphaned and orphaned as a result of the COVID-19 syndemic .

Created in the second half of 2021, the Coalition seeks to draw attention to the seriousness of the orphanhood problem created by the Covid-19 pandemic, advance in understanding the dimension of the phenomenon and build a model of action and incidence for an issue that still has no political framework. consolidated. To this end, a survey was carried out to map the state of the art of public policies for orphans. A set of webinars was also held, bringing together specialists and activists around the theme to advance understanding of the problem and the construction of an approach to action.

The first Webinar of December 6, 2021 can be watched here .

The second Webinar, dated February 7, 2022, can be watched here .

And learn about Coalition's position

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Monitoring the actions of public authorities with vulnerable communities and groups in the context of the pandemic

Several associations and movements linked to the fight for housing and urban reform launched a monitoring to give visibility to the omissions of the public power in the fight against Covid-19 in the peripheries. Monitoring is carried out throughout the country, through questionnaires that are being applied in each specific community or group.

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CUFA – Mothers of Favela (Year 2)

CUFA has resumed its collection with the aim of benefiting mothers in the favelas with basic food baskets and food basket vouchers. The campaign was restarted after realizing the effects of the second wave of Covid-19 and the drop of 90% of CUFA's collections. In addition to the donations of basic food baskets, CUFA also provides internet access, through the donation of chips with the Mães da Favela ON project.

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Solidarity kitchens

MTST Brasil is organizing Solidary Kitchens to build 26 solidary kitchens in various urban peripheries in Brazil.
There will be at least one Solidarity Kitchen on the outskirts of the states of Roraima, Ceará, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, two in the Federal District, four in the outskirts of São Paulo and, finally, , one in the ABC region of São Paulo.

The Solidarity Kitchens operate daily distributing free lunches to families on the outskirts of the country's urban centers. We want all families in the periphery to have the right to healthy and nutritional food. In a time of pandemic and crisis, the distribution of  meals directly benefits women , children and the elderly.
The goal is to produce and distribute 32 thousand meals per month considering the 26 Solidarity Kitchens that will be working together in the first semester.

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Volleyball and solidarity with ASSEVOPA

ASSEVOPA is an association dedicated to teaching volleyball in Palmas-TO. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the association organized with local partnerships to collect and donate food, clothing and hygiene and cleaning items. ASSEVOPA was a partner of CUFA Nacional for a few months, collaborating with the distribution and implementation of the Mães de Favela and Favela Sem Corona projects on the outskirts of Palmas.

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“I want to be able to stay at home” campaign

In Belém do Pará, the “Solidarity Committee for Students and Mothers in Social Vulnerability – I want to be able to stay at home! – is built by the hands of many, many activists from the student, union and feminist movement. The initiative was designed by the @afrontepa and @resistenciafeministapa movements, but with the aim of being much bigger! We want to add the various campaigns that are taking place in the metropolitan region and work in partnership with the various entities and social movements in the state”. Click here to access the Instagram .

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Collective carries out Solidarity Earth Campaign

The Tela Firme collective carried out a campaign to collect basic baskets and hygiene and cleaning materials for the families most economically affected by the social isolation resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. The Campaign, called Terra Solidária, also donated fabric masks to street vendors in the Terra Firme neighborhood in Belém, where the collective carries out its actions. Visit the website for more information.

Primer for popular health agents: helping your community

The Periferia Viva National Campaign, and other partners, launched a booklet that aims to train popular health agents so that each one can help fight the virus locally, in their community. The booklet provides information about the coronavirus, the actions of a popular health agent, how to take care of your community, among others.

MLB launches fundraising campaign to fund aid for families

The Movimento de Luta nos Bairros, Vilas e Favelas (MLB) launched a virtual fundraising campaign to finance solidarity actions for communities in Minas Gerais. the organization aims to reach 1,500 families. More information on this page .

Nationally, the MLB also undertakes the “Periphery Without Corona” initiative. On the initiative's website, it is possible for community residents and traders to register to participate in “financial support” and “market search” actions. Access here .

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Movimenta Caxias

With the help of a group of partners, Movimenta Caxias is distributing basic food baskets, hygiene kits and organic food to the most vulnerable in Duque de Caxias and Baixada Fluminense. The Movement's Facebook offers information about the initiatives, promotes discussions with experts on various topics and also reports on how the money raised is being used. In addition, it is possible to find bank details to make donations.

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Alemão Crisis Office

Coletivo Papo Reto , Voz das Comunidades and Coletivo Mulheres em Ação no Alemão joined together to form the Alemão Crisis Cabinet . These are organizations that have been operating for years and have adapted their agendas to help fight the pandemic. In addition to distributing donations, they also carry out awareness campaigns, fight against fake news, promote favela sanitation campaigns and denounce police violence.

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Campaign “Maré says NO to the Coronavirus”

Redes da Maré, an organization that operates in the complex of 16 favelas in Maré (Rio de Janeiro), where approximately 140 thousand people live, launched the “Maré says NO to Coronavirus” Campaign. On the organization's website you can find information about donating food baskets and how volunteers can help. The resources raised by the Campaign will be used for purchases “primarily, with small local entrepreneurs , with the aim of circulating resources within Maré in this period of crisis”. See also interview with Eliana Silva, founder of Redes da Maré, published in Jornal El País, on 3/28/2020.

Communities Plate

#pratodoscomunidades an initiative of the NGO Voz das Comunidades, created to bring ready meals to those in need, in addition to generating jobs in the community. As the campaign reports, “Baskets sometimes may not be enough to help. There are families without gas, water or electricity to cook, needing a plate of food”.

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We, women from the periphery

We , women from the periphery” , an independent journalistic collective, formed by journalists living in different peripheral regions of the city of São Paulo, is engaged in the fight against COVID-19. The collective's website houses a variety of analyzes that highlight how the pandemic unevenly affects the periphery, such as the risks of exclusion from distance learning, the limits of access to cultural goods, the use of public transport and a special series on Environmental Racism: indigenous and quilombola women in protecting their people against COVID-19.

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“For the Life of Our Mothers”

Children of housemaids launched the letter “For the lives of our mothers”, addressed not only to the authorities, but to the entire civil society: “when we see that our family members who are domestic workers and day laborers continue to work normally, we emphasize the emergency of complying with the stipulated quarantine by the authorities and we demand paid dismissal”.

Discover the Manifesto Letter .

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CUFA and Mothers of the Favelas

Central Única das Favelas is collecting and distributing donations across the country, through the Mães das Favelas , carried out in partnership with several companies. The goal is to collect donations of resources to provide a basic income for mothers, allowing them to decide what they need to buy. To find out more about CUFA and its actions during the pandemic, see the interview with the organization's President, Preto Zezé, here .

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UNEAfro, Sefras and Partners Campaign

The UNEAfro organization and 12 other partners, including quilombola support networks and the Franciscan Solidarity Service, distributed basic food baskets and hygiene kits in outskirts and quilombos. They are also guaranteeing a minimum income for teachers, students and coordinators of community courses. On the campaign it is possible to find detailed information on the steps, the accountability of the resources already collected and also access the vakinha online.

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Dictionary of Favelas Marielle Franco​

The Dicionário de Favelas Marielle Franco , which aims to stimulate and allow the collection and collective construction of existing knowledge about favelas, is a key reference on information related to the fight against the pandemic in favelas (mainly in Rio de Janeiro, but also from elsewhere in the country).

On the platform it is possible to find contact lists of collectives and campaigns , research, reports, photos, videos, comments, interviews and academic reflections. The platform also compiles data from organizations that report on spending on what they have been receiving via donations (see here ).

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400,000 Deaths: Nurses perform an act in front of the Planalto Palace

On May 1, 2021, a group of nurses held an act in honor of the more than 400,000 deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil and in defense of the category's labor rights. The act took place a year after a protest held by the sector also in front of the Planalto in which protesters were harassed by pro-Jair Bolsonaro militants. The image of a nurse being assaulted was widely disseminated on social media as a representation of the political polarization surrounding the pandemic. Check out the report here. Acts like these were overshadowed by the wave of pro-government demonstrations that took place on the same day.

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Children Without Parents, Parents Without Children

In August 2021, the Respira Brasil collective launched a campaign that seeks to give visibility to the situation of the more than 130 thousand orphans and orphans of Covid-19. The proposal is to carry out reflection activities as well as the promotion of public policies, based on a critique of the idea that the right represents the “family”. Check out the interreligious act on August 20 on the Respira Brasil facebook page.

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Quarantine rooms

Quarantine Rooms campaign was created by Instituto Urbe Urges, Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil and Nossas. There are representations of the movement in several states, in addition to São Paulo, there are also in Recife and Porto Alegre . It proposes to use the vacant hotel network to guarantee social distancing to groups that are unable to achieve it. The initiative aims to pressure federal, state and municipal governments to adopt collective health measures that guarantee a real condition of social distance to families in clusters, the elderly and risk groups. Some places have already accepted the proposal, receiving the homeless population or even the elderly!

Against Gender Violence

There are several reports on the increase in domestic violence against women in a context of social isolation. Many groups and collectives made videos without sound – to protect the women who access it – in which the participants carried posters with information on where to get help, as well as messages of solidarity. See, for example, the MOVIElas Instagram .

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The pandemic and quilombola communities

The coronavirus has had even more devastating effects on quilombola communities, where health services are lacking and lethality is high. To give visibility to this situation and discuss ways out, activists and organizations made several lives. In one of the first lives, organized on June 4, 2020, CONAQ's executive secretary, Selma Dealdiana, and jurist Deborah Duprat address the topic, with support from Oxfam Brasil. Watch here .

Coronavirus in the Favelas: how to fight the pandemic in the periphery

The UOL Debate of 04/24/2020 brought together community representatives to discuss the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic in the country's slums. Anna Karla Pereira, co-founder of Frente Favela Brasil; Christiane Teixeira, community leader from Coroadinho (MA); Gilson Rodrigues, community leader from Paraisópolis (SP) and Isabela Souza, director of Observatório das Favelas. Bianca Santana, columnist for ECOA, mediates. Access here.

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