Founding Member Profile – Vera Vieira


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Name: Vere Vieira
Title: PhD in Communication and Feminism
Position: Director
Organization: Brazilian Peace Women Association (Associação Mulheres pela Paz)

 

Brief profile:

  • Executive director of Brazilian Peace Women Association, a nongovernmental organization located in the city of São Paulo, focusing on the interconnection between violence against women and the amplified concept of peace (UN 1325 Resolution – justice and human security), aiming to interfere in the field of women’s rights. In 2011, the Association started a two year projects named “Redefining Peace – Women Lead the Way: Developing a popular education methodology to work with women and men against domestic violence”. This project was designed inspired in all knowledge got from Vital Voices Program. From 2013 until now, she has been coordinating the same project focusing on women’s trafficking and sexual violence.
  • Journalist with a PhD in Communication Sciences, at the University of São Paulo. The thesis was based on an action research on violence against women and the use of internet to amplify the Brazilian struggle to minimize it. She has published several books interconnecting communication and gender issues.