Cepia, with the support of WLP organized the Seminar Building Women's Leadership at CEDIM, gathering students, teachers from the Municipal Education Secretariat, community health professionals, handcraft groups and members of paper pricker associations. Click here to know more.

Cepia attended the launching ceremony of the 4th edition of the Caravana Siga Bem Caminhoneiro (Trucker go safe Caravan) that took place in São Paulo on the 16th of June. The caravan is developed by Petrobras and  Iveco Trucks. Seminars and workshops on issues such as environment, traffic safety and legislation are offered to truck drivers besides enrolling them in important social campaigns. Click here to know more.

The World Movement for Democracy has held its V World Congress in Kiev . The buddhist monks who opposed the Burmese dictatorship, the lawyers from Pakistan who opposed the imprisonment of the Chief Justice and the Independent journalists from Somalia received the awards. For more information see www.wmd.org or click here.

Jacqueline Pitanguy publishes an article at Jornal do Brasil in which she discusses the issues of Ethics, Law and Abortion.

The Committee of Citizenship and Reproduction organized the seminar State Secular Democracy and Human Rights. For more informations please go to www.ccr.org.br.

The National Council of Justice - CNJ, the Special Secretariat of Policies for Women - SPM and the Office of Judicial Reform of the Ministry of Justice promoted the Act II Jornada Maria da Penha - Superating The Violence Against Women, dedicated especially to members of Power Judicial from several Brazilian states. Click here and learn more about this event that was also participated by CEPIA.

The World Movement for Democracy (WMD) has launched the report Defending Civil Society
The World Movement for Democracy (WMD) has launched the report Defending Civil Society in which it dennounces barriers   faced by civil society organizations and by individuals that defend democracy in different parts of the world. WMD World Congress takes place  in Kiev April 5-9 2008. Please see the report.
Jacqueline Pitanguy will participate of the Conference" Making Democracy Work: From Principles to Performance" that will take place in Kyiv, Ukraine from 6 until 9 of april 2008. Click here to know more about the conference.