On November 18, the March of black women will take place in Brasilia, the first mobilization that will bring together black women from all over the country in the fight against the discrimination that affects black women Brazilians. Conceived in November 2011 at the "Parallel Meeting of Civil Society for the Afro XXI: Ibero-American Meeting of the Year of Afrodescendants", the March of black women will be a great act "Against racism and violence and for the good life".

Visibility and identity of black women, gender violence, institutional racism and the genocide of black youth are some of the issues on the agenda of the March of black women. Brazil is home to around 49 million black women, black and brown women, a population whose human rights are systematically violated through sexist and racist practices.

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Board members of the ELAS Fund, which has supported the black women movement in the country since its foundation, talk about the importance of this unprecedented mobilization.

"This is an unprecedented demonstration, but the proposals are old, going back a few centuries in the struggle for the rights of the black population and especially of black women. It's a march against racism and violence, which are old acquaintances of ours, portrayed in the figures and research about the condition of black women and what they face on a daily basis," explains Lúcia Xavier, who is a member of the ELAS Fund's Deliberative Council and coordinates the march. NGO Criola.

"The march denounces the invisibility of these women. Although we have come a long way, we are still outside the decision-making processes. Our word is not seen as capable of representing the part of society that we make up, we are absent from the field of political decision-making. The march has this meaning. And the most important thing is that, as well as denouncing racism and violence, bringing all these elements to the fore, it aims to offer a set of concepts with society as a whole in mind - it brings the notion of good living as a possibility for new relationships throughout society," adds Lúcia.

For Suzimar Clementino, vice-president of the Council: "The March of black women is very important because the saying is true: unity is strength. There are many women together with the same purpose, to seek respect for black women, the empowerment of this section of the population, gender and racial equality. It's very positive that all of Brazil is coming together to present our demands to the government, seeking a voice in the midst of all the prejudice that exists in our country, given what happened to Taís Araújo. Her case came to public attention because she is famous, but