Movimenta

I created this training, assistance and advocacy initiative focused on protecting the rights of girls and women, working with vulnerable communities in the Amazon region and riverine communities.

Since 2020, I have been part of the international network of activists Women Deliver, and in 2021 I began to get this project off the ground with the support of this organisation.

About the project

Starting point

Women are the most affected by economic, political, social and climate crises, and girls and women in the Amazon are being affected even more due to the regional inequality in which we live.

Support from local communities

Our goal is to build autonomy for women in order to ensure the formation of a more equal and fair society, with support for full and secure family development. We want to achieve this through a collaborative platform for information on issues related to the rights of girls and women, with itinerant training courses in Acre and the Amazon region. The topics covered include reproductive rights and women's health, means of protection and safety, financial autonomy and entrepreneurship, with training in hard-to-reach locations in vulnerable and riverside communities in the city of Rio Branco.

Final result

To date, we have provided training to 120 girls and women from four local communities. That is why we named the project "Movimenta" (Move), which has a mobilising and action-oriented intention, bringing information where it is needed.

We have a training and community movement process, in groups of 30 people, bringing together people in vulnerable situations, activist groups, public administrators, and political representatives to whom advocacy proposals can be directed, using these training sessions and plural spaces as social reflection groups. Our goal is to provide training to another 120 people over the next six months.