Ana Lucia Silva Franco, mulher empreendedora, moradora do Jardim América na cidade do Rio de Janeiro e apoiada pelo ELAS durante três anos, acaba de subir mais um degrau na sua luta de muitos anos por melhores condições de vida para ela, para sua família e outras mulheres. Ela foi convidada pela ONG francesa PlaNet Finance Brasil para participar do evento ”Histórias de Vida” que vai acontecer paralelamente ao Festival de Cannes, na França.

The first themed edition of Global Action took place last Saturday, May 18, in 28 cities. The highlights were the promotion of the Maria da Penha Law, the PEC for domestic workers and women's rights. In Rio de Janeiro, for example, the event featured an ELAS stand, which brought together the groups and organizations it supports, which assisted more than 2,500 people who visited the space.

In Rio de Janeiro, each person who passed by the ELAS stand had the opportunity to write a message of encouragement and support for the fight for women's rights. The methodology of the mobiles also included the participation of some TV Globo actors who left their message about the importance of female empowerment.

The latest Action program, broadcast on Saturday mornings on TV Globo, presented the work carried out by ELAS and featured the participation of two grantees: the Bordadeiras da Coroa and the Marias da Graça. Watch

Starring Lilia Cabral, the film shows the actress in a dressing room, her face bruised and marked by possible aggression. As she removes the marks with make-up, she says: "On television it's easy to erase the marks of violence. Not in reality. We've won many rights, but if we don't fight to defend each one of them, they can all be erased. Like make-up on television.

On Saturday, May 18, Global Action for Women will take place for the first time in several Brazilian states. The initiative will offer free preventive health services, social and leisure activities, as well as information on women's human rights.

The beginning of April marked the training of grantees for the 16th ELAS Social Investment Fund competition, in partnership with the Avon Institute and UN Women. On this occasion, the participants had access to training on communication and marketing, non-violent communication, accountability and a debate with experts on the Maria da Penha Law.

Encouraging girls and adolescents to change the world through their way of acting, thinking and making things happen. This was the mission of the Brazil-USA International Seminar on girls' empowerment, which was attended by three representatives of GAMI, women's soccer players who have been supported by an ELAS project.

Grupos e organizações de mulheres que desenvolvam iniciativas que ajudem a diminuir a violência contra as mulheres em comunidades da Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro poderão ser apoiadas pelo Fundo Fale sem Medo, umainiciativa do Instituto Avon em parceria com o ELAS Fundo de Investimento Social e a ONU Mulheres. No total, o edital disponibilizará R$ 300 mil para doações diretas.

Nos dias 6, 7 e 8 de novembro o Centro Integrado de Cultura (CIC), em Florianópolis, será o palco de discussões sobre como as tecnologias, as novas mídias e o pensamento inovador podem ter grande impacto social.Organizações, empresas, líderes comunitários e os grandes nomes de tecnologias para o terceiro setor estarão unidos para trocar ideias sobre o uso de tecnologias para a transformação social.
O Fundo Socioambiental CASA está fazendo a cobertura em tempo real do evento.

Momentos de empoderamento profissional e pessoal. Assim pode ser definido o encontro do Programa Elas em Movimento que reuniu as sócias dos empreendimentos: Saborearte, Bolhas Coloridas, Celebrando Festas e Cia e Favela Point, na primeira semana de outubro, em Itaipava, Rio de Janeiro.

From November 2 to 4, the LesBiTransInter - Latin American and Caribbean Feminist Meeting was held in Paraguay, bringing together more than 250 people to discuss issues related to women's human rights. The event debated feminisms and the subjects of feminisms in Latin America and the Caribbean and strategies for activism in the region, as well as bringing together local experiences and creative experiences of resistance.

The last week of October was marked by the Dialogues for the Strengthening and Sustainability of the Women's Human Rights Movement in Brazil, which brought together organizations that will receive support from the Ford Foundation and the Sigrid Rausing Trust. The event provided an opportunity to exchange experiences and presentations that stimulated innovation and new perspectives in communication activities.

In January 2013, ELAS, in partnership with the U.S.-based Foundation for Girls and Women, will film the documentary Vamos meninas! (Let's go girls!), which aims to highlight the political and economic changes experienced by Brazilian women in recent years, especially after the arrival of the first woman President of the Republic.

To encourage reflection on all forms of discrimination, UN Women and CNPQ are holding the 80th Building Gender Equality Award. You can compete by submitting scientific articles, essays and educational projects and actions. Entries are open until September 17 and winners will receive computers and even cash grants.