Citizen Security Specialist, working mostly with youth, gender and participation.
In light of recent events in Ukraine and in my home country, Brazil, I decided to focus this particular post on how non-violent resistance is taking form in recent democracies and how activists are...
“Lean In” has become one of the most important pieces of writing of the last 5 years of the challenges for women in the workforce in intermediate to mid-level positions. It has reached a...
So, for those of you who are following Women’s issues discussions on twitter yesterday was the Tweetathon (is that even a word? Well, you get what I’m saying…) #RingtheBell and #NomeansNo. Reinforcing that...
Every time I come back here I seem to be back to apologizing for not coming back enough. I blame being in England for so long, it has made me terribly apologetic. Also, I...
The “Peacemakers series” on Beyond Violence brings us personalities or movements that have inspired the non-violent movement or have inspired us in our pursuit for non-violence and a more inclusive approach to development. This...
So, this won’t be empty. And that “Hello World!” post freaks me out. Seriously. In this beginning stage I will be adding some of my previous posts from other blogs, so for those who...
When one talks about gender and security, people usually think of gender-based violence, feminicide or resolution 1325. We think of this problem with massive proportions. We have campaigns about it, there are networks on...
