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Ana Lúcia Martins
Ana Lúcia Martins Rosskamp (born 20 August 1966) is a Brazilian literacy activist, physical education teacher, Black movement activist, professor, and politician. She was elected as councilwoman to the city of Joinville, in Santa Catarina state, during the 2020 municipal elections as part of the Workers' Party (PT), being the party's lone representative in the municipal chamber. She is the first Black woman to become councilor in the city's history. Soon after being elected, Martins was the target of death threats and racist attacks online. The intimidation and harassment she faced had national repercussions. Early life and career in education Martins was born on 20 August 1966 in the Floresta neighborhood of Joinville. She is the daughter of Acácio Martins, a tractor driver and public servant, and Onélia Durvalina Martins, a domestic worker and operator. During her youth, she had a son, Alison, and due to this she had to stop her studies to work and support her child. She w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joinville
Joinville () is the largest city in Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, in the Southern Brazil, Southern Region of Brazil. It is the third largest municipality in the southern region of Brazil, after the much larger state capitals of Curitiba and Porto Alegre. Joinville is also a major industrial, financial and commerce center. The city has a very high human development index (0.809) among Brazilian municipalities, occupying the 21st national position. One study pointed to Joinville as the second best city to live in Brazil. Joinville holds the titles of "Brazilian Manchester", "City of Flowers", "City of the Princes", "City of Bicycles" and "City of Dance". It is known for hosting the Joinville Dance Festival (considered the largest dance festival in the world), as well as for having the only branch of the Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet School outside Russia in the world. In 2020, the population of Joinville was estimated at 597,658 people, many of whom are of Portuguese, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro (state)
Rio de Janeiro () is one of the States of Brazil, 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. The state, which has 8.2% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for 9.2% of the Brazilian Gross domestic product, GDP. The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast (assigned by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE). Rio de Janeiro shares borders with all the other states in the same Southeast macroregion: Minas Gerais (North, N and Ordinal directions, NW), Espírito Santo (Ordinal direction, NE) and São Paulo (state), São Paulo (Ordinal directions, SW). It is bounded on the east and south by the South Atlantic Ocean. Rio de Janeiro has an area of . Its capital is the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, which was the capital of the Portuguese Colonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afro-Brazilian Women
Afro-Brazilians (; ), also known as Black Brazilians (), are Brazilians of total or predominantly Sub-Saharan African ancestry. Most multiracial Brazilians also have a range of degree of African ancestry. Brazilians whose African features are more evident are generally seen by others as Blacks and may identify themselves as such, while the ones with less noticeable African features may not be seen as such. However, Brazilians rarely use the term "Afro-Brazilian" as a term of ethnic identity and never in informal discourse. '' Preto'' ("black") and ''pardo'' ("brown/mixed") are among five ethnic categories used by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), along with '' branco'' ("white"), '' amarelo'' ("yellow", ethnic East Asian), and '' indígena'' (indigenous). In the 2022 census, 20.7 million Brazilians (10,2% of the population) identified as ''preto'', while 92.1 million (45,3% of the population) identified as ''pardo'', together making up 55.5% of Brazil's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers' Party (Brazil) Politicians
Workers' Party is a name used by several political parties throughout the world. The name has been used by both organisations on the left and right of the political spectrum. It is currently used by followers of Marxism, Marxism–Leninism, Maoism, social democracy, democratic socialism, socialism and Trotskyism. Current Workers' Parties Defunct Workers' Parties Defunct Workers' parties include: See also * National Trust Party (Malaysia), formerly known as the Malaysian Workers' Party * List of Labour parties * Communist party (other) A communist party is a party that advocates the application of the social principles of communism. Communist Party may also refer to: Africa Benin * Communist Party of Benin * Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Benin Côte d'Ivoire * Revolu ... * National Workers Party (other) * Socialist Workers Party (other) * United Workers' Party (other) * Lists of political parties {{Set index article Labour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afro-Brazilian Politicians
Afro-Brazilians (; ), also known as Black Brazilians (), are Brazilians of total or predominantly Sub-Saharan African ancestry. Most multiracial Brazilians also have a range of degree of African ancestry. Brazilians whose African features are more evident are generally seen by others as Blacks and may identify themselves as such, while the ones with less noticeable African features may not be seen as such. However, Brazilians rarely use the term "Afro-Brazilian" as a term of ethnic identity and never in informal discourse. '' Preto'' ("black") and ''pardo'' ("brown/mixed") are among five ethnic categories used by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), along with '' branco'' ("white"), '' amarelo'' ("yellow", ethnic East Asian), and '' indígena'' (indigenous). In the 2022 census, 20.7 million Brazilians (10,2% of the population) identified as ''preto'', while 92.1 million (45,3% of the population) identified as ''pardo'', together making up 55.5% of Brazil's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Municipal Councillors In Brazil
A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional uteruses are capable of pregnancy and giving birth from puberty until menopause. More generally, sex differentiation of the female fetus is governed by the lack of a present, or functioning, ''SRY'' gene on either one of the respective sex chromosomes. Female anatomy is distinguished from male anatomy by the female reproductive system, which includes the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, and vulva. An adult woman generally has a wider pelvis, broader hips, and larger breasts than an adult man. These characteristics facilitate childbirth and breastfeeding. Women typically have less facial and other body hair, have a higher body fat composition, and are on average shorter and less muscular than men. Throughout human history, traditional gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1966 Births
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** Georgia House of Representatives, The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. * January 15 – 1966 Nigerian coup d'état: A bloody military coup is staged in Nigeria, deposing the civilian government and resulting in the death of Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. * January 17 ** The Nigerian coup is overturned by another faction of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racism In Brazil
Racism has been present in Brazil since its Colonial Brazil, colonial period and is pointed as one of the major and most widespread types of discrimination, if not the most, in the country by several anthropologists, sociologists, jurists, historians and others. The myth of a racial democracy, a term originally coined by Brazilian Sociology, sociologist Gilberto Freyre in his 1933 work ''Casa-Grande & Senzala'' (The Masters and the Slaves), is used by many people in the country to deny or downplay the existence and the broad extension of racism in Brazil. Racism was made illegal under Anti-discrimination laws in Brazil#Penal Code, Brazil's anti-discrimination laws, which were passed in the 1950s after Katherine Dunham, an African-American dancer touring Brazil, was barred from a hotel. Nonetheless, race has been the subject of multiple intense debates over the years within the country. Definition of race in Brazil Because the country has a long history of miscegenation, color ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonieta De Barros
Antonieta de Barros (July 11, 1901 – March 28, 1952) was a Brazilian journalist and politician. Life and career Born in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina on July 17, 1901, Antonieta de Barros was a pioneer in fighting the discrimination against blacks and women. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina in 1935 as the first black female state deputy in the country and the first woman deputy in her state. Antonieta was a professor, journalist and writer, remembered most for her ability to express her ideas within a historical context which did not permit a woman's freedom of expression. In addition to political militancy, Antonieta actively participated in the cultural life of her state. She founded and directed the journal "A Semana" between the years of 1922 and 1927. During this period, through her chronicles, she circulated her ideas, principally those linked to questions of education, oppressive policies, the feminine condi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and international security, security, to develop friendly Diplomacy, relations among State (polity), states, to promote international cooperation, and to serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of states in achieving those goals. The United Nations headquarters is located in New York City, with several other offices located in United Nations Office at Geneva, Geneva, United Nations Office at Nairobi, Nairobi, United Nations Office at Vienna, Vienna, and The Hague. The UN comprises six principal organizations: the United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly, the United Nations Security Council, Security Council, the United Nations Economic and Social Council, Economic and Social Council, the International Court of Justice, the United Nations Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Moisés
Carlos Moisés da Silva (born 17 August 1967), known as Comandante Moisés (''Commander Moisés''), is a Brazilian politician who was the governor of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, having won the 2018 Brazilian gubernatorial elections, 2018 election in the state of Santa Catarina against Gelson Merisio. He lost re-election in 2022 Santa Catarina gubernatorial election, 2022 to Jorginho Mello, not advancing into the second round. References 1967 births People from Florianópolis Living people Social Liberal Party (Brazil) politicians Governors of Santa Catarina (state) Brazilian firefighters {{Brazil-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
