O Good Livingprogram of Brazil in fact, continues to celebrate women’s struggle month. This edition features an exclusive interview with Sonia Guajajara, minister of Indigenous Peoples, who talks about advancing the participation and representation of women occupying strategic positions within the federal government, National Congress and also in their organizations.
“Today we have a strong national articulation of indigenous women who have been working on strategies to strengthen women’s candidacies. But it is a reality that is growing among many peoples. I am here, from the Guajajara people, as minister; Joenia, from the Wapichana people, in presidency of Funai; Célia in Pará; Juliana Jenipapo in Ceará; Patrícia Pataxó in Bahia”, he states.
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In February, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) decided that political parties are obliged to allocate a quota of financial resources and radio and TV time to indigenous candidates. The decision came after a consultation presented by deputy Célia Xakriabá (PSOL-MG) and whether it will work in the 2024 municipal elections is still under evaluation, but it already represents progress for indigenous candidacies.
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“There is a diversity of people in which women are managing to overcome this barrier of machismo, this culture of machismo in which many people still adopt the non-participation of women as a culture. We have managed to overcome this barrier. Many women look at us, They tell us this: that they are inspired, that they are also motivated to follow this path, beyond the village. We consider that women are advancing, in general, throughout the world with an important role, and we indigenous women are also articulating to increasingly occupy other spaces”, points out Guajajara.
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The minister also commented on the situation of demarcations of indigenous lands. She acknowledged that the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples (MPI) has not yet defined which and how many indigenous lands will be demarcated in 2024. But she attributed the lack of concrete decisions to the National Congress which, in the minister’s words, “acts every day to prevent new demarcations, to prevent the disintrusions that we are carrying out”.
Check out the interview on the program.
And there’s more…
The guitar as a fighting tool. Let’s get to know the musical workshops in settlements of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST).
In Rio de Janeiro, discover Quilombo Camorim, which is a symbol of agroecology and resistance against real estate speculation.
The Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB) gives a shout out to the program about the day of struggles this month of March.
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And there’s another wonderful recipe with Gema Soto, it’s potato gratin with mushrooms!
When and where to watch?
On YouTube Brazil in fact every Saturday at 1:30 pm, there is a new program. Just click here.
On TVT: Saturday at 1:30 pm; with reruns on Sunday at 6:30 am and Tuesday at 8 pm on channel 44.1 – open HD digital signal in Greater São Paulo and channel 512 NET HD-ABC.
On TV Brasil (EBC), Monday at 6:30 am.
On TVCom Maceió: Saturday at 10:30 am, with a repeat on Sunday at 10 am, on NET channel 12.
On TV Floripa: Saturday at 1:30 pm, reruns throughout the program, on channel 12 of NET.
On TVU Recife: Saturdays at 12:30 pm, with reruns on Tuesdays at 9 pm, on channel 40 UHF digital.
On TVE Bahia: Saturday at 12:30 pm, with a repeat on Thursday at 7:30 am, on channel 30 (7.1 on the device) of the digital signal.
On UnBTV: Fridays at 10:30 am and 4:30 pm, in Brasília on Channel 15 on NET.
TV UFMA Maranhão: Thursday at 10:40 am, on open channel 16.1, Sky 316, TVN 16 and Claro 17.
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On the radio, the Bem Viver program airs from Monday to Friday, from 11 am to 12 pm, with reruns on Sundays, at 10 am, on Rádio Brasil Atual. The tune is 98.9 FM in Greater São Paulo and 93.3 FM in Baixada Santista.
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The program is also broadcast on Rádio Brasil de Fato, from 11am to 12pm, Monday to Friday. The Bem Viver program is also on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Itunes, Pocket Casts and Deezer platforms.
Editing: Marina Duarte de Souza
