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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Covid-19 – Solidarity in the Amazon

#TVPeriferiaEmFoco accompanied on the island of Cotijuba, in Belém, the solidarity action in the face of Covid-19 with the riverside families of Pará. The solidarity effort is part of the national campaign “We are Ready” which has already served more than 740,000 people in Brazil. In Pará, the campaign was integrated with the Central de Movimentos Populares – CMP through the “COVID 19: SOLIDARITY IN THE AMAZON” Campaign, an initiative aimed at assisting families from riverside communities, quilombolas, indigenous people and the outskirts of cities, who are experiencing financial difficulties and have been suffering from the economic crisis and unemployment.

The actions take place in partnership with the Brazilian Red Cross – Pará, SEBRAE, UNICEF, FORD, Natura, Citizenship Action, Military Fire Brigade, Brazilian Navy and other public bodies together with organized civil society. Access the video here.

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Solidarity Hands Action completes 100 days in Pernambuco

Over more than 100 days of mobilization with the Mãos Solidárias , donations were collected that benefited thousands of families in several cities in Pernambuco. Through Solidarity Lunchboxes, 200,000 meals were distributed to the homeless population, around 20,000 Solidarity Masks were produced, in addition to thousands of basic food baskets and more than 50 tons of Popular Agrarian Reform products.

Social movements from the countryside to the city, unions, associations and volunteers have built, hand by hand, a solidarity network that has benefited the most vulnerable communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read here.

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Training courses and social activism reXistance

reXistência.coletiva is a social activism initiative that is part of a network of graduate academics and professors at different universities in Brazil.

The group offers online courses for complementary training, whose income in registration fees was 100% donated to organizations that assist trans, black and indigenous communities. Access more information here.

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Brazilian Network of Women Scientists

More than 600,000 Brazilians died as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. As the national and international community is aware, a significant part of these deaths was caused by the Federal Government's decision to defy science and despise the lives of the Brazilian population, putting at risk those it had a duty to protect.

The worsening of social, economic and psychological conditions resulting from the absence of adequate public policies to contain the disease has frayed the social fabric and thrown thousands of Brazilians to their own fate. The Women Scientists Network was created in order to bring debates and scientific productions, manifestos and initiatives produced by women scientists about/in the context of the pandemic, in addition to offering a support network at a time that was known to be more painful for women. . Access here.

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Marielle Franco Dictionary of Favelas

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 for collectives and campaigns , surveys, 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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Map to identify rights violations in São Paulo

The Human Rights Observatory-Salve Sul, together with the Support Center for Research, Production and Language in the Built Environment (NAPPLAC) FAU/USP, is developing a collaborative map to identify violations of rights during the pandemic.

The map is fed through a complaint form , the aim is to systematize this information and put pressure on the government to enforce the violated rights.

  • Mobilized groups: Women
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Corona Map in the Outskirts

Favela em Pauta and the Marielle Franco Institute created a map to give visibility to initiatives to combat corona in the peripheries across the country.

In addition to locating initiatives, it is possible to register other actions.

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Women of the waters: the fisherwomen who protect the Island of Maré

The population of Ilha de Maré (BA) is very concerned about the pandemic, especially with the arrival of tourists and people from other cities who choose the place to protect themselves from the disease.

Eliete, shellfish gatherer, fisherwoman, quilombola and resident of the Porto dos Cavalos Community, one of the five quilombos that exist on the island of Maré, exposes, in this news item , the difficulties she and other residents face.

EESC + Popular Peasant Movement

CESE joined the Popular Peasant Movement (MCP), through the Dual Participation Methodology, supporting the project “Peasant food on the table of vulnerable urban populations”, to contribute to the access to healthy food of impacted families in the city of Goiânia. by the spread of the pandemic. In addition to satisfying the hunger of the most vulnerable urban population in the capital of Goiás, the initiative aimed to guarantee a minimum income for peasant families in the sale of their products. Find information here .

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Solidarity Hands

The Solidarity Hands was a collaboration between volunteers, associations and social movements to combat the effect of the pandemic, especially from the distribution of food in the most vulnerable regions of cities in Pernambuco. It is a solidarity initiative between the countryside and the city that, together with the Periferia Viva campaign, has already distributed more than 50 tons of food produced by the popular agrarian reform. The project also involves the training of Popular Health Agents, with support from Fiocruz. See brochure here .

  • Mobilized groups: Women
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Pregnant women as a priority group for Covid-19 vaccines

As the pandemic advanced in Brazil, reaching almost 3,000 deaths a day, the risks involving pregnant and postpartum women became more noticeable. Evidence shows that this group is at increased risk of developing complications, needing ICU and mechanical ventilation, as well as dying compared to non-pregnant people. In 2020, Brazil was appointed as the country with the highest number of maternal deaths from Covid-19.  

It was based on these points that the citizen Melania Amorim from Campina Grande in Paraíba created this petition that asked for the modification of Technical Note 1/2021 of DAPES/SAS/MS, to include pregnant and postpartum women in the priority groups for vaccines, not just those with comorbidities.

The petition asked for intervention, including so that the note could be amended by bills that are being processed in Congress, such as projects PL 4174/2020, PL 936/2021 and PL 1405/2021. However, the Ministry of Health itself revised the regulations and included the group among priorities for vaccination. The petition was successful, having been signed by more than 57,000 people.

Access the petition here .

  • Mobilized groups: Women
Act for the renewal of emergency aid

Petition by 270 NGOs to guarantee aid until the end of the pandemic

With the arrival of 2021 and the beginning of vaccination, the debate was resumed for the end of emergency aid. However, the pandemic took on even more critical contours and hunger advanced in the country. Faced with the serious crisis that was presented, 270 non-governmental organizations created this online petition to pressure the National Congress to extend or approve a new law to guarantee emergency aid of R$ 600.00 until the end of the pandemic.

In 2020, the aid managed to guarantee not only the food on the plate of millions of Brazilians, but also millions of lives, allowing people to stay safe at home. 

According to the group, pressure was essential to guarantee aid in 2020 and now it's time to unite again to ensure conditions for the most vulnerable Brazilian families to face the coronavirus in 2021!

The petition had more than 86,000 signatures and can be considered partially successful as the aid was approved despite the reduced amount. in Congress , MP 1037/2021; PL 2419/2020; PL 3426/2020 and 49 legislative ideas from citizens that together add up to 82,528 supporters in Congress. Support on the official channel represents 94.95% of those registered in the online petition.

  • Mobilized groups: Women
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Petition for the approval of the caregiver allowance for the elderly and/or disabled person

In this online petition , citizen Eduardo Ferreira Silva mobilized this action for caregiver assistance due to the observed need to take care of his 88-year-old mother with several health problems.

Both due to age and disability and delicate health condition of the elderly and/or people with disabilities - receiving a low pension, with advanced age and various health complications - came the increased need in the pandemic of approval of Bill 3022/20 that creates caregiver assistance. This would have the value of a minimum wage for the elderly and/or disabled person who needs third parties to carry out the activities, ensuring financial resources for hiring these professionals and seeking to mitigate the effects of the care crisis experienced with the increase in the average age of the population and the advancement of neoliberal economic policies.

The petition mobilized more than 160,000 supporters and the bill that has not yet been voted on in the House has more than 900 supporters, or just 0.61% of the petition's supporters.

Access the petition here.

  • Mobilized groups: Women
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Petition to the Chamber: approve the increase in the insalubrity of health professionals to 40%

Nursing technician Ana Miranda, created the online petition in front of the picture that appeared in the Covid-19 pandemic that caused more unhealthy work in health professionals.

According to the author, exhausting working hours, with difficulty even to have a simple glass of water, high risk of exposure for themselves and their families, and various difficulties, leading to the need to guarantee an increase in the additional insalubrity to health professionals with approval of PL 744/2020 , which calls for health professionals to rise to 40% insalubrity.

The petition in April had more than 244,000 signatures and the project is still being processed in the Chamber of Deputies with just over 900 signatures of support, which represents only 0.38% of the support registered in the online petition.

Access the petition here http://chng.it/zgHVGQtVrH

  • Mobilized groups: Women
Approve-Nursing Floor

Approval of PL 2564/20 in the 30-hour struggle and decent wage floor for nursing

The petition was created by citizen Danuzia de Oliveira to pressure senators for the approval of a salary floor and a 30-hour limit for nursing and nursing technician jobs. According to the author, nursing has been fighting for 20 years for the right to a maximum workload and a decent and dignified salary floor.

The demand stems from the fact that many professionals are subjected to excessive working hours and are seen by health professionals as inhumane, with salaries that are not in line with the daily reality of saving lives . The author also reinforces that nurses and nurses attended college with theoretical and practical classes for 5 years and nursing technicians took two-year courses with an intense workload of practices and theories.

During the pandemic, the need for these professionals made reality even more complex. In several countries, such as Italy, they were daily honored with palms from the windows during the most critical period of the pandemic while Brazil does not even have a salary floor established, making the reality very different financially, although similar in daily work.

The online petition has more than 320,000 signatures and the manifestations in favor of the projects being processed in the House and Senate (PL 2564/2020 / PL 5640/2020 / PL 2997/2020 / PL 459/2015) add up to more than 770 thousand supporters. , in one of the rare cases where demonstrations on official channels outnumber demonstrations on unofficial channels .

Access the petition here .

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Manifest Letter for the Paid Quarantine for Housemaids and Daily Workers!

Manifest letter from daughters and sons of domestic workers and day laborers whose objective was to trigger the policy of the common good, in which individual actions are essential for the well-being of the community. The letter seeks to get support so that domestic work is not considered essential and for maids contractors to release their professionals, thus, it would be possible to respect the social isolation requested by the WHO to control the pandemic, through paid leave.

According to the IBGE , professionals who provide domestic services – which may include maids, day laborers, caregivers, gardeners, caretakers – represent a total of 6.3 million workers. And only 1.5 million work with a formal contract, 2.3 million workers work without a formal contract and 2.5 million are day laborers, which makes them a vulnerable group in the pandemic .

The petition for the letter was made at the height of the pandemic and the authors reinforce that the largest number of workers affected were precisely those who were abandoned by labor laws. The day laborers in an even more precarious and vulnerable situation, without legal contracts that allow, for example, to negotiate an advance on vacation and others had to face even more obstacles in maintaining themselves and guaranteeing the safety of their family group, as they are paid per day worked.

The manifesto was signed by more than 131 thousand signatures and were three projects (PL 798/2020 and PL 651/2020 / PL 2740/2020) that addressed the issue without a final definition, but were judicially excluded from essential services. The projects had the support of less than 50 people on the websites of the Chamber and Senate. The group also created three hashtags: #QuarentenaRemuneraJa #PelaVidadasDomesticas and #PelaVidadeNossasMães.

Access the petition .

  • Mobilized groups: Women
Approve-Nursing Floor

Nursing: Salary floor, special retirement and 30 hours of work week!

Created by the citizen who identifies himself as Luciano da Saúde, the petition reinforces the importance of nursing professionals and takes advantage of the pandemic moment to reinforce the debate around the regulation of the profession.

For the author, the ideal is for these professionals to have an update of the professional standards that govern their performance with new regulations with 30 hours a week without salary reduction, special retirement and far beyond the other professions!

The petition is directly related to four bills in progress : PL 2564/2020 / PLl 5640/2020 / PL 2997/2020 / PL 459/2015 and has more than 250,000 supporting signatures.

  • Mobilized groups: Women
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Bolsonaro should be held responsible for apologizing for bad behavior in the face of Covid-19

Citizen Dione Araújo lost her husband, José Thadeu, to Covid-19. According to her, the retired military policeman, a fervent follower of President Jair Bolsonaro, in the face of the president's speeches regarding the pandemic, continued to live normally, without taking the necessary precautions against the coronavirus.

According to the author and several scientists, in speeches and events, the country's president disrespected rules of social isolation (recommended by the WHO and the Ministry of Health), reduced the severity of the problem and encouraged the use of ineffective drugs against the disease.

For the author of the request for accountability , Bolsonaro has many followers who admire him and follow everything he does and commands, which is why he proposes that he be held responsible for apology for bad behavior in the face of COVID-19!

With more than 53,000 signatures, the petition joins others that called for the Pandemic CPI and the impeachment of the president.

Access the undersigned online .

  • Mobilized groups: Women
Goodbye ENEM

Online petition asked for postponement of ENEM

When asking for the postponement of ENEM (National High School Exam), Minas Gerais student Elisa Teixeira started with her petition one of the most interesting movements of the pandemic involving online petitions. About to take the ENEM 2020, and in the face of the advance of the pandemic and the difficulty in properly continuing with classes and knowing the risks at the time of the test, she created this petition to ask that the Minister of Education, Abraham Weintraub and INEP , postpone the test.

In her online petition, the student highlights that about 6.6 million students in the country did not have access to the internet and many were not receiving distance learning classes. As if the difficulties in following the preparatory content were not enough, the pandemic situation itself was a major complicating factor.

Despite not initially being directed to Congress, the more than 260 thousand signatures and more than one million posts with the hashtags on social networks made parliamentarians, faced with a lack of manifestation by the MEC, propose projects (PL 1277/2020 and PL 2623 /2020) to ensure this postponement. With the movement of the National Congress, the Federal Government postponed the examination.

#AdiaEnem petition here .

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For the right to visit and virtual farewell to loved ones who are victims of Covid-19

The Group of family members of Covid victims – Grupo Vítimas Unidas – was faced with the pain of not even being able to say goodbye to their family members. Thus, the group created the online undersigned to press for the approval of PL 2136/2020 , which became, in September 2021, Law 14,198/2021 – Maria Albani Law .

The initial proposal of the project was to guarantee the right to family members to say goodbye to their loved ones who were victims of infectious diseases. This is possible these days, albeit via video call. And the proposal was that this right be guaranteed by all hospitals in the country.

Faced with the pandemic of the new coronavirus, family members of Covid-19 patients faced, in addition to the pain of loss, the absence of the moment to say goodbye to their loved ones who cannot receive visitors. There were more than 119,000 signatures on the online petition and 49 on the Chamber's website by April 2021.

online petition for the right to visit and virtual farewell to loved ones who are victims of Covid-19 here .

  • Mobilized groups: Women
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August Lilac in the Chamber

In 2021, the Women's Secretariat together with the Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights (CMULHER) of the Chamber of Deputies, launched the August Lilac , aimed at debating the issue of violence against women, especially in view of the increase in occurrences during the pandemic.

The campaign was designed together with the NGO Think Olga and based on a report prepared by the NGO, entitled “ Women in Times of Pandemic Report ”.

Act for the renewal of emergency aid

Act for the renewal of emergency aid

A public act was held in the Green Room of the Chamber of Deputies in February 2021 in defense of the renewal of emergency aid . Organized by the Mixed Parliamentary Front in Defense of Basic Income, the act brought together parliamentarians who are members of the Front and several other social movements, such as those in support of the black population and entities representing students.

In addition to the renewal of emergency aid, the act also served to defend the vaccination of all Brazilians and the expansion of Bolsa Família.

  • Mobilized groups: Women
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Petition for emergency basic income

In March 2020, shortly after the first public calamity decree, several activist groups, entities and social organizations came together to prepare a basic income proposal aimed at fighting the pandemic . In the future, the idea would be called “emergency aid”, but one of the concerns of the real creators of the proposal was the emptying of the meaning, through the change of the name by the government, because as the saying goes: “everybody wants to have a beautiful son”. be father".

While the groups organized themselves to pressure government officials in favor of this income, both the Executive and Legislative branches also moved in favor of the same cause. Although the basic income petition was launched on March 23, the organization of the proposal had been underway for some time. It was in the context of developing the idea that these movements met with representatives of the Legislature, in order to construct a counter-proposal to a bill from a government-based deputy, which would be deliberated at any time in the Chamber of Deputies.

However, the bill by deputy Eduardo Barbosa was approved on April 26, but with changes, setting the value of R$ 600 per adult, with a maximum of two adults per family and double the value for single mothers, offering opportunity of access to all citizens in informal work, with specific income, in addition to the duration of three months. Later on, new mobilizations would occur.

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