Direitos humanos: violência contra a mulher e relações raciais nas páginas do Mulherio (1980 – 1988)

Abstract

In the mid-1970s, the women’s and feminist movement made their demands broadly popular in Europe and the United States. The World Conference of the International Women’s Year, which took place in Mexico in 1975, boosted discussions and reflections on the female condition on the international scenario. This caused the beginning of several studies on the “Brazilian woman”, her working conditions, types of occupation, education, health, family planning, women’s emancipation, citizenship and violence. In this context, the academic scientific production raise in parallel with women’s social movements. Studies and research on Brazilian women begin as part of this international agenda and are initiated and coordinated by the Carlos Chagas Foundation, which had financial support from the Ford Foundation (USA) and which also had the feminist newspaper Mulherio as subject. This work seeks to understand this process and how discussions about violence against women and racism took place on the pages of Mulherio.