The Research Contest: Black Women and Men in the Sciences aims to fund diagnoses/studies that identify the participation or not of black women and men in these areas.

Na dia 9 de março de 2016 a SPM-RIO promove a 4ª edição do Prêmio Nise da Silveira, que vai homenagear oito mulheres que se destacaram na luta pelos direitos das mulheres no Rio de Janeiro. Amalia Fischer, coordenadora geral do Fundo ELAS, será uma das premiadas.

With the new call for proposals, the Fale Sem Medo Fund is expanding its reach and capillarity, also reaching new audiences. 33 project proposals were selected from 17 states in the five regions of the country. Check out the results.

The projects supported by the ELAS Fund through Elas nas Exatas, a competition run in partnership with Instituto Unibanco and the Carlos Chagas Foundation, are already taking the discussion of women in the exact sciences and technologies to schools across the country and have prepared special activities for women's month.

Março é momento de celebrar as conquistas de direitos das mulheres e discutir as discriminações e violências ainda sofridas por elas. Atos, celebrações e eventos temáticos acontecem em todo o país, com participação de grupos apoiados pelo Fundo ELAS.

SPM Bahia's March Women's Call 2016 will select projects on the theme of Empowerment and Social Inclusion until March 17. The activities should, as a priority, take place between March and May 2016 in the state of Bahia.

More than 600 projects were received, far more than we received last year, so the deadline for announcing the results will be March 5, 2016.

The best ideas for using technology to solve problems will be awarded. In addition to the cash prize, the winning projects will receive technical assistance and mentoring from company employees.

Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Mulher denuncia situação caótica da Secretaria de Estado de Assistência Social e Direitos Humanos.

Some of the topics covered in the workshops are how to avoid becoming a victim of cyberbullying and porn revenge and the importance of reducing gender inequalities in the exact sciences and technologies.

Check out some of the calls for proposals that are open for registration and the call for EMERJ's Specialization Course in Gender and Law.

Violence against women was a major issue at Carnival 2016. Blocos and women's groups came together, generating discussions on the subject and an increase in the number of complaints.

Approved in the ELAS Fund's XX Project Competition, the projects will be carried out in public schools to encourage girls to get involved in the exact sciences and technologies.

Event brings together representatives of social funds and financiers to discuss innovations in the fight for human rights and social justice philanthropy on January 20 and 21.