Seminar :: imprisoned women
Event discusses causes and solutions of female incarceration
The imprisonment of women will be the topic of a seminar being organized by Conectas Human Rights in partnership with ITTC (Land, Employment and Citizenship Institute), Pastoral Carcerária (the Catholic Church’s prisoner outreach service) and the Imprisoned Women Work and Study Group.
The “Latin American Seminar on Incarcerated Women” will address the specific problems encountered by female prisoners, such as health and maternity, in addition to proposals to reduce the number of women in the country’s prisons and the impact of drug policy on the growth of the female prison population.
Leading Latin American specialists on the topic, such as researchers and jurists, as well as civil society representatives – all women – will run the panels and the debates.
The event also has the support of CADH (Human Rights Lawyers Collective), IBCCRIM (Brazilian Criminal Sciences Institute), PBPD (Brazilian Drug Policy Platform) and the Criminal Justice Network.
To register for free, email us at eventos@conectas.org with your name and identity card number. Places are limited and participants will receive a certificate of attendance.
EVENT:
Latin American Seminar on Incarcerated Women
Date: December 9, 2015
Location: Av. Paulista, 509 – São Paulo, CEP: 01311-910 (Auditorium of the Martins Fontes Bookstore)
Registration: free. Confirm your presence by email: eventos@conectas.org
PROGRAM
9:00 am – Opening
9:30 am – Panel 1: Conditions of female incarceration
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- Nana Queiroz: Author of the book “Presos que Menstruam” (Prisoners who Mestruate) / Executive Director of the magazine Azmina
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- Queli Nacif e Camila Gibin: Association of Friends and Relatives of Prisoners – Amparar
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- Verônica dos Santos Sionti: Defensora Pública do Estado de São Paulo – NESC
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- Moderation: Mariana Lins (ITTC)
12:00 pm – Lunch
1:45 pm – Panel 2: Impacts of drug policy on the imprisonment of women
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- Isabel Blas: coordinator of the Drug Policy and Gender Program of Equis Justicia para las Mujeres (Mexico)
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- Luciana Boiteaux: professor of Criminal Law and Criminology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
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- Ingrid Farias: director of Aborda (Brazilian Association of Harm Reducers)
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- Desirée Mendes: micro-entrepreneur and confectioner
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- Moderation: Sheila de Carvalho (Conectas)
4:00 pm – Panel 3: Proposals for the decarceration of women
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- Soraia da Rosa Mendes: PhD from the University of Brasília. Author of the book “Criminologia Feminista: novos paradigmas” (Feminist Criminology: new paradigms)
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- Kenarik Boujikian: São Paulo State Court judge
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- Heidi Cerneka: Vice president of the Land, Employment and Citizenship Institute (ITTC)
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- Moderation: Luciana Zaffalon (Imprisoned Women Work and Study Group)
