SCHOOLS

The mission of the teaching units of the Legion of Good Will (LBV) is to educate with all-encompassing Ecumenical Spirituality*, developing both “Brain and Heart”, in other words, intellect and feelings. The activities carried out are directed at all stages of primary and secondary education, as well as at Youth and Adult Education (EJA).

HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY

The LBV has three units dedicated exclusively to the care of the elderly who find themselves in social risk situation and/or have been separated from their family nucleus. The assistance offered includes social and nutritional monitoring, medical and nursing care, and occupational therapy.

SOCIAL SERVICE CENTERS

In these units, individuals who live in a vulnerable situation and who are at social and/or personal risk participate in activities and programs that develop their skills, talents, and values. In this way they can better exercise their rights and duties. This raises their self-esteem and helps (re)introduce them to society and the labor market. Below are some of the main actions:

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Mission

To promote Social and Sustainable Development, Education, and Culture with Ecumenical Spirituality, so there may be Socio-environmental Awareness, Food, Security, Health, and Work for everyone, in the awakening of the Planetary Citizen.

Vision

To be recognized as an Organization that educates with all-encompassing Ecumenical Spirituality.

Values

In a spirit of cooperation, the actions of the LBV are based on a special way of looking at the family and at its effective participation in society. All the initiatives seek to promote values born out of Universal Love, which prepare individuals to experience Ecumenical Citizenship through the full exercise of Planetary Solidarity, which brings together as one the beliefs, disbeliefs, traditions, ethnic groups or any other factor that separates human beings. To this end, the Organization is founded on the New Commandment of Jesus, the Ecumenical Christ, in other words Universal: “Love one another as I have loved you” (The Gospel according to John 13:34).

With its theme “Educating Sustainable Citizens”, the Legion of Good Will (LBV) of Brazil, the United States, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay have been holding a series of meetings and events with civil society as part of the calendar of the 11th Solidarity Society Network Multi-stakeholder Forum — 8th Innovation Fair, in support of the Annual Ministerial Review of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (UN). The events will continue until March 2015 and are supported by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Advances in education and combatting poverty are being discussed and analyzed in the forum. The result aims to bring forward proposals and ideas for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will be put into effect in the UN Summit in September 2015.

This series of events started on August 29, 2014, when the LBV of the United States organized a workshop during the 65th Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference, in New York, USA. On the occasion, the best practices of Brazil in Rio+20 were discussed.

Check out the calendar of the upcoming events:

October 31, 2014 | Paraguay
Theme: Green Cities and Sustainable Agriculture

November 18, 2014 | Uruguay
Theme: Best educational practices and learning opportunities throughout life

November 26, 2014 | Argentina
Theme: Quality, egalitarian, and inclusive education and learning opportunities throughout life

This edition of the Forum will conclude in 2015, with events organized by the LBV of Bolivia and Brazil. For further information write to: english@boavontade.com.

On August 29, the Legion of Good Will (LBV), a Brazilian civil society organization, coordinated a discussion panel entitled Educating Sustainable Citizens — Best practices of Brazil from the Rio+20. The workshop was part of the 65th Annual NGO Conference of the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), which took place between August 27 - 29 in the UN Headquarters in New York.

The panel, moderated by the LBV’s representative to the UN Danilo Parmegiani, was comprised of Mr. Vicente Amaral Bezerra, representative of the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations; psychologist and psychoanalyst Joseph DeMeyer, Co-Chair of the NGO Committee on Education and representative of the Society of Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), both at the United Nations; Suelí Periotto, PhD student in Education at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), Supervisor of the Pedagogy of Affection and the Ecumenical Citizen Pedagogy, and Principal of the José de Paiva Netto Educational Institute; and Sâmara Malaman, MA in Special Education from Kean University.

In a talk on the teaching proposal of the Organization, the audience had the opportunity to hear some of the success stories and learn more about the results of the Pedagogy of Affection and the Ecumenical Citizen Pedagogy, which were created by educator Paiva Netto, the President of the LBV. Among the material exhibited was a video produced with students from the Good Will Educational Complex*¹ in São Paulo (Brazil), which gave a view of the importance of the rational use of water from the perspective of children. Watch the video:
 

 

The workshop attracted professionals from the field of education from various countries, as an example of Dr. Julie Gerland from France, representative of the World Organization of Prenatal Education Associations (OMAEP) at the United Nations. “I was delighted really to see such loving care in a school system that’s not just feeding the brains of the children but really educating them in how to live life, to how to build community, how to be aware of their environment,” she said in an interview with the Super Good Will Communications Network*².

Dr. Gerland also emphasized the importance of promoting education even before the birth of the child: “I’ve just learned that you do have a program which includes mothers. . . . If we could give mothers when they’re pregnant the opportunity to be surrounded by community instead of just being isolated in their own homes, . . . this would just be really contagious through her state of being pregnant, and that baby would come into the world feeling loved, feeling supported, feeling connected with the other children, and as a global citizen. And today we know that this is scientifically true: that Education does begin before birth, so why not include the mothers? And somebody said ‘include the fathers,’ which I’m totally in agreement with.”

From India, Mrs. Celine Paramunda, representative of the Medical Mission Sisters at the United Nations, said: “What you’re doing through educating the children, this kind of values, is very important. And I’m so glad I came for this program and congratulations for doing it. And I have also taken your video in my pen drive. So, I will be using it for the students where I give talks about the United Nations and best practices.”

STUDENTS FOR PEACE

The educational proposal of the Legion of Good Will has been achieving good results in seven countries: Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, the United States, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Portugal. On the occasion, educator Sâmara Malaman presented the results of the LBV’s educational program in the United States Good Will Students for Peace, which is developed in American public schools.

In a recent edition of the program, the LBV’s teaching method was applied in the Lincoln Avenue School in Orange (New Jersey) with the theme My Home is the Planet Earth — Our role as environmentally aware citizens. Based on research and studies, the students prepared posters and recycling projects for the classrooms and carried out a clean-up task-force in the area surrounding the school to mobilize the community into preserving the environment.

Check out the results of this partnership in a video produced by the students themselves:

 

From the Dominican Republic, Daniel Méndez, who is studying for master’s degree in Education at Lehigh University, talked about his impressions: “The information that I received in this workshop was very . . . I would say sustainable, because creating students that understand their environment, their civic demands, and participating in their community is very important. . . . Once I go back to my country I would like to try to take this program there.”

THE CONFERENCE

The 65th Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference brought together civil society, international networks, and activists to prepare a joint “Action Agenda” that mobilizes the negotiations on the post-2015 development goals. Under discussion were the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the deadline for which is 2015, as well as a new climate agreement to substitute the Kyoto Protocol.

On the second day of the event, UN Radio in Portuguese made room in its program schedule and invited the Legion of Good Will to talk about its teaching method. In an interview with reporter Eleutério Guevane, educator Suelí Periotto emphasized the LBV’s concern with offering quality education that is allied with values that enrich knowledge and that are applied in favor of society as a whole. She also explained that the Organization’s educational proposal has its own methodology, which allows the students to have a voice. In this way, they participate actively in the whole learning process. This enriches school projects and activities and ensures zero dropout rates. Find out more about the LBV’s teaching proposal.

Listen to the full interview (in Portuguese):

 

LBV at the UN

The Legion of Good Will is a civil society organization in general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) since 1999, and associated with the UN Department of Public Information (DPI) since 1994.

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*¹ Good Will Educational Complex — The Jesus Super Day Care Center and the José de Paiva Netto Educational Institute, which together make up the LBV’s Educational Complex, are operating units, by means of which the Organization seeks to fully prepare the pupil. In these places, the students — who attend lessons from nursery school to middle school — develop, in an harmonious way, their minds and hearts, and therefore their intellect allied with feeling, and are provided with all their socio-educational needs.
*² Super Good Will Communications Network — The term refers to the vehicles of communication 100% Jesus, whose purpose is to propagate the fraternal ideals of Ecumenism without restrictions: Super Good Will Radio Network, Good Will TV (SKY channel 20), Education and Future Television Network – Re-educate, Good Will Portal and publications of Ecumenical Spirituality.

 

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The Minister of the Secretariat of Strategic Affairs of the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil (SAE/PR), Marcelo Cortês Neri, received the team of the Super Good Will Communications Network (radio, TV, web portal, and publications) for an interview in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Neri holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University and a Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees also in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). He distinguished himself in his study of the changes which the Brazilian economy has undergone over the last twenty years, with the reduction of poverty and the rise of a new middle class, which was created as a result of economic stability, social programs, and adjustments in the minimum wage. He was the founder of the Center for Social Policies (CPS/FGV) and president of the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), a body linked to the SAE. His main areas of research are social policies, education, and microeconometrics.

In the following conversation with GOOD WILL magazine, the minister talks about the results of the 5th National Monitoring Report on the Millennium Development Goals, which was published on May 23 of this year, with updated information regarding the situation of the MDGs in various Brazilian regions. He also comments on some of the most representative indices in the report, showing that over the last few years the country’s social indicators have continued to improve.

GOOD WILL — How have the MDGs helped with government and civil society planning?

Marcelo Neri — The Millennium Development Goals were established by the United Nations in 2000. Brazil is one of the 190 signatory countries. Here in our country, whether from the point of view of society, the population, or governments, these goals had a major effect and were responsible for improvements in social indicators. If we compare the period since the launch of the targets, in the UN Millennium Summit of 2000, in fact it has been a time of accelerated improvement in Brazilian social indicators.

GW — Has civil society become involved in complying with these targets?

Marcelo Neri — I believe so. I think Brazil is a special case because of the path it has assumed, which is both to grow and reduce inequality at the same time. It is one of the few countries doing this. Normally, the choices are for one or the other, but Brazil is doing a little of both. For example, the first millennium goal is to reduce extreme poverty by half, and in ten years Brazil has reduced it by 69 percent. We did more in 10 years than what was supposed to be done in 25. This is explained by our growth and reduction in inequality. More than that, when Brazil assumed the goal to reduce by half it said: “Let’s reduce it by 100 percent.” This Brazilian movement is being followed by other countries, by the United Nations. . . So, the population and the government really got involved.

GW — Brazil has also reached the goal of reducing the mortality indicators of children under 5 by twothirds. In 1990, the rate was 53.7 deaths per 1000 live births, and went down to 17.7 in 2011. What are the new steps?

Marcelo Neri — This used to be a nation known as “the country of the future”, but in which a large proportion of the children died before reaching the age of five. In fact, you had no future. Not dying in the first five years is obviously very little. You have to think of another agenda that not only favors rights—thinking about avoiding negative situations—but that also promotes positive rights, which means the child has the right to play, to develop, to be stimulated, etc. Brazil is on the way to achieving this.

GW — The same occurs with MDG 7: to ensure environmental sustainability, which includes the target of reducing by half the proportion of the population without access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, which was completely achieved in 2012. What did that mean?

Marcelo Neri — There is a certain relationship between child mortality and sanitation, in particular. I confess that even regarding this goal I was surprised, because Brazil went faster than we were expecting it to. With regard to access to water, we already had good coverage. . . . I see that the Brazilian society is now waking up to the lack of sanitation. I mean, the lack of water and electricity are things that each individual perceives in their own home. What is new is the lack of sewage mains; people do not know correctly if their home is connected or not, or if the sewage is treated or not. This change in mentality is a victory, the result of a new milestone. The Getulio Vargas Foundation has carried out research on the lack of sanitation. It is just the beginning. Brazil has a long way to go, because sewage has to be treated. But it is natural for you to have some goals and then move on to more ambitious ones.

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GW — With regard to the environment, what has the country done to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases?

Marcelo Neri — Brazil began embracing this cause in a more institutional way after the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. We are precisely between the conclusion of the Millennium Development Goals, the MDGs, and the preparation of the Sustainable Development Goals, the SDGs, which were discussed at Rio+20 and that are a combination of inclusive and sustainable development. So we are on a path that seeks to go beyond the economic and social issues, and considers also the environmental aspect. This is a cause that mobilizes the Brazilian society. Between 2004 and 2010, there was a 75 percent reduction in deforestation. It has to be said that, like the subject of inequality, the environmental aspect is still very bad. The picture today is much better than it was twenty years ago, but we cannot become complacent. New targets will come that are being discussed now and in these new goals Brazil will have an important role to play.

GW — What is the role of income transfer programs in carrying out public policies?

Marcelo Neri — The Bolsa Família has an important role to play, but the protagonist in all of this is the labor market, which explains 55 percent of the reduction in inequality and three-quarters of the increase in people’s income. Bolsa Família explains more or less 12 percent of the drop in inequality. It costs very little, only half percent of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product), and benefits almost a quarter of the population. In fact, Brazil has not only grown and reduced inequality, but carried this out based on an increase in income from work, which is important because it is sustainable. It has inherited the educational policy that has been put into practice in the last couple of years with improvements in the quality of teaching. At the same time it counts on programs such as the Bolsa Família and the Previdência Rural. . . . So Brazil has also diversified and not put all its eggs in the same policy basket.

GW — Offering quality primary education for everyone is one of the most relevant MDGs. The country still has great challenges in this area. . .

Marcelo Neri — In relation to primary education, Brazil has a challenge in terms of quality. As the report shows, 98 percent of the children aged 7 to 14 are already in school. What needs to be done is to improve student learning and [create more] full-time schools, but there are already policies in this direction. We have a great challenge in early childhood education—day care centers and actions alike—and also in secondary education. The good news is that Brazil is making progress. We have increased,  for example, direct public investment in education, which went from 3.9 percent of the GDP to 5.5 percent between 2000 and 2012. Congress has just approved the Plano Nacional de Educação [National Education Plan]. We already have quality goals, such as Prova Brasil, of IDEB, which is the Basic Education Development Index.

GOOD WILL magazine talked to two members of Congress who played a key role in the development of the bill that resulted in the Maria da Penha Law: Senator Lúcia Vânia and Representative Jandira Feghali. 

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Having been the reporting member of Congress for the law in the Commission of Constitution and Justice (CCJ), the senator recalls: “What characterizes the process of the bill in the House of Representatives and in the Senate is that we took into consideration the suggestions of men and women interested in the dignity of people and in gender issues.” She believes that it was the participation of members of Congress and of outstanding members of society that provided Brazil with a unique legal order. “We gave the country a law that is considered by the United Nations as one of the three most important ones in the world to protect women, according to the report Progress of the World’s Women 2011-2012: In Pursuit of Justice.” 

Representative Jandira Feghali, reporter of the Maria da Penha Law in the House of Representatives, explained that everything started with the Interministerial Work Group created by Decree N^o 5.030 of March 31, 2004, in which several bodies of the Executive branch of the government were also represented. “The preliminary draft of the bill prepared by the group was submitted to a consortium of feminist non-governmental organizations. (…) We held public hearings and, along with civil society, we built the text based on all the arguments, ideas, and suggestions that had been heard.” 

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She remembers the resistance and pressures that had to be faced at the time: “When I became the reporter for this, I decided to remove from under the special criminal courts the cases of domestic violence. It was unthinkable to treat this kind of crime as having a minor offensive potential. Pecuniary penalties were common, such as obliging the aggressor to pay for food baskets.” 

Jandira Feghali also commented on the effort of civil society organizations in favor of the empowerment of women, in particular on the work of the LBV. “It is acknowledged that the Organization has contributed in the struggle to establish a protection network for women. Preventive actions are always the greatest trump in fighting this type of violence. The pursuit of a peaceful society is extremely important, and all direct actions taken to achieve this must be treated with reverence.” 

In the same way Senator Lúcia Vânia also added: “I congratulate the LBV on its work. (…) We, as citizens, as representatives of the public authorities and of organizations such as the LBV, cannot close our eyes and choose omission.” 

Despite the quality of the legal text, there are elements that need to be incorporated into it in order to make the application of the Maria da Penha Law more agile. Therefore, the congresswoman herself submitted the Senate Bill (PLS, in Portuguese) N^o 37/2010 to amend article 10 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of Brazil and article 12 of Law 11.340 to determine the maximum time span for conclusion and submission of police investigations in the cases of domestic and family violence. “At present, the period for the police to complete an investigation and submit it to the court is 10 days (...). What I intend is to get Justice to be faster, so as to protect women better,” the senator adds. 

+ Maria da Penha - an example of courage and perseverance
+ LBV: education as a means of confronting discrimination and violence against women

Divulgação

The Law 11.340/06 is today an international landmark when it comes to dealing with domestic and family violence against women. This Brazilian achievement owes a great deal to the strength and courage of the biochemical pharmacist Maria da Penha Maia Fernandes. With perseverance, this native of the state of Ceará, born in 1945, changed her own destiny and, through her example, that of thousands of other women who are protected by the law that carries her name. In the city of Fortaleza, where she lives, she received the staff of GOOD WILL magazine to give an interview about her story of struggle and the progress of the pioneering law that fights gender violence.

GOODWILL — Six years after the Maria da Penha Law was passed, what can we celebrate?
Maria da Penha — Society is taking over this law. It knows that it is here to protect women from domestic violence, to prevent it, and to punish the aggressors. What is needed is a larger number of women’s police stations, reference centers to attend to women in a situation of domestic violence, and shelters for women who are unable to go back home because they might be killed. Besides women’s courts, which we need a larger number of, we also need to speed up lawsuits and to mete out justice, but not like it happened in my case, which took 19 years and 6 months to happen.

GW — This story happened almost 30 years ago…
Maria da Penha — I met my aggressor when I was doing my master’s degree at the University of São Paulo [USP]. He was a Colombian student that came to USP to do a specialization course and he was well regarded in my group of friends (…). When I returned to Fortaleza, after completing my master’s degree, he went along with me. It just so happened that during this time I had a daughter with him; that was when he managed to acquire Brazilian nationality. As soon as he got this guarantee, he showed his true nature. 

GW — How did your cry for help come about?
Maria da Penha — In May 1983, I was sleeping when I heard a shot… a very loud noise in the bedroom. I tried to move, but I couldn’t any more. And the version my ex-husband told the police and the neighbors was that four thieves had broken into our house and that he had fought them off. I became paraplegic, and spent four months in the hospital. Then I returned home, because at first I didn’t know he had been the shooter. That was when he kept me in forced confinement at home for more than fifteen days. (…) I couldn’t continue with that relationship, but I needed legal documentation, something called a legal separation, in order to leave home taking my daughters with me, because otherwise I might lose their custody. With the document I was able to leave with my daughters and I returned to my parents’ house. 

GW — And after that did it become possible to investigate the case?
Maria da Penha — From May until December [1983] all that happened. In January 1984 the State Security Secretariat resumed the process and called him in unexpectedly for a new testimony. He couldn’t remember any more what he had said before, and started contradicting himself. In the end, the police indicted him for attempted murder. That was when my great fight for justice began, and my aggressor was only arrested as a result of international pressure. The first trial only took place eight years after the event. He was convicted, but left the courthouse freely thanks to a legal recourse. He was then submitted to a jury and, having again been convicted, he now got out thanks to procedure delay. When he was finally arrested, there were only six months left before the crime would have become time-barred.

GW — Where did you get support from? 
Maria da Penha — I decided to write a book [Sobrevivi... posso contar (I survived… I can tell my story)] about this story and all the contradictions in the legal proceedings. This work, thanks to God’s will, reached two Brazilian NGOs: CLADEM (The Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women’s Rights) and CEJIL (Center for Justice and International Law), which invited me to denounce Brazil to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS).

GW — The LBV addresses the subject of violence against women in campaigns and socio-educational programs and in the educational content of its network of schools...
Maria da Penha — I congratulate the LBV because I think that education changes everything. If you educate children, our society becomes much better. I have no doubt about this. I’m happy to record a program*¹ that will reach thousands and thousands of people, and not only women, but men, adolescents, and children as well. We can only have a Culture of Peace in the world and in our city if we develop it within the home. I’m always at your disposal to give information about the Maria da Penha Law. (…) I want to congratulate the LBV’s school! The subject Coexistence*² is very interesting.

+ The creation of the law 
+ LBV: education as a means of confronting discrimination and violence against women

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*¹ Refers to a recent interview granted to the Super Good Will Communication Network (radio, TV, Internet, and publications).
*² The subject Coexistence, created by educator Paiva Netto, invites students to research and discuss important everyday issues, such as domestic violence and what the Maria da Penha Law determines.

Divulgação

The Law 11.340/06 is today an international landmark when it comes to dealing with domestic and family violence against women. This Brazilian achievement owes a great deal to the strength and courage of the biochemical pharmacist Maria da Penha Maia Fernandes. With perseverance, this native of the state of Ceará, born in 1945, changed her own destiny and, through her example, that of thousands of other women who are protected by the law that carries her name. In the city of Fortaleza, where she lives, she received the staff of GOOD WILL magazine to give an interview about her story of struggle and the progress of the pioneering law that fights gender violence.

GOODWILL — Six years after the Maria da Penha Law was passed, what can we celebrate?
Maria da Penha — Society is taking over this law. It knows that it is here to protect women from domestic violence, to prevent it, and to punish the aggressors. What is needed is a larger number of women’s police stations, reference centers to attend to women in a situation of domestic violence, and shelters for women who are unable to go back home because they might be killed. Besides women’s courts, which we need a larger number of, we also need to speed up lawsuits and to mete out justice, but not like it happened in my case, which took 19 years and 6 months to happen.

GW — This story happened almost 30 years ago…
Maria da Penha — I met my aggressor when I was doing my master’s degree at the University of São Paulo [USP]. He was a Colombian student that came to USP to do a specialization course and he was well regarded in my group of friends (…). When I returned to Fortaleza, after completing my master’s degree, he went along with me. It just so happened that during this time I had a daughter with him; that was when he managed to acquire Brazilian nationality. As soon as he got this guarantee, he showed his true nature. 

GW — How did your cry for help come about?
Maria da Penha — In May 1983, I was sleeping when I heard a shot… a very loud noise in the bedroom. I tried to move, but I couldn’t any more. And the version my ex-husband told the police and the neighbors was that four thieves had broken into our house and that he had fought them off. I became paraplegic, and spent four months in the hospital. Then I returned home, because at first I didn’t know he had been the shooter. That was when he kept me in forced confinement at home for more than fifteen days. (…) I couldn’t continue with that relationship, but I needed legal documentation, something called a legal separation, in order to leave home taking my daughters with me, because otherwise I might lose their custody. With the document I was able to leave with my daughters and I returned to my parents’ house. 

GW — And after that did it become possible to investigate the case?
Maria da Penha — From May until December [1983] all that happened. In January 1984 the State Security Secretariat resumed the process and called him in unexpectedly for a new testimony. He couldn’t remember any more what he had said before, and started contradicting himself. In the end, the police indicted him for attempted murder. That was when my great fight for justice began, and my aggressor was only arrested as a result of international pressure. The first trial only took place eight years after the event. He was convicted, but left the courthouse freely thanks to a legal recourse. He was then submitted to a jury and, having again been convicted, he now got out thanks to procedure delay. When he was finally arrested, there were only six months left before the crime would have become time-barred.

GW — Where did you get support from? 
Maria da Penha — I decided to write a book [Sobrevivi... posso contar (I survived… I can tell my story)] about this story and all the contradictions in the legal proceedings. This work, thanks to God’s will, reached two Brazilian NGOs: CLADEM (The Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women’s Rights) and CEJIL (Center for Justice and International Law), which invited me to denounce Brazil to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS).

GW — The LBV addresses the subject of violence against women in campaigns and socio-educational programs and in the educational content of its network of schools...
Maria da Penha — I congratulate the LBV because I think that education changes everything. If you educate children, our society becomes much better. I have no doubt about this. I’m happy to record a program*¹ that will reach thousands and thousands of people, and not only women, but men, adolescents, and children as well. We can only have a Culture of Peace in the world and in our city if we develop it within the home. I’m always at your disposal to give information about the Maria da Penha Law. (…) I want to congratulate the LBV’s school! The subject Coexistence*² is very interesting.

+ The creation of the law 
+ LBV: education as a means of confronting discrimination and violence against women

_____________________________________

*¹ Refers to a recent interview granted to the Super Good Will Communication Network (radio, TV, Internet, and publications).
*² The subject Coexistence, created by educator Paiva Netto, invites students to research and discuss important everyday issues, such as domestic violence and what the Maria da Penha Law determines.