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Starting in 2026, the University Foundation for the Entrance Exam (Fuvest), which is responsible for selecting students for admission to the University of São Paulo (USP), will have a compulsory reading list with works written by women authors in Portuguese. The move comes in a bid to value the role of women in literature.When the announcement was made last year, chair of the Fuvest Board of Curators and USP vice-President Maria Arminda do Nascimento Arruda justified the decision by saying that many of these writers “have for decades been made virtually invisible simply for being women.”In the opinion of Lella Malta, founder and coordinator of Escreva, garota! (“Go ahead and write, girl!”), a support, engagement, and training collective for women who write, female invisibility in liter...

Eighteen years ago today, then-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed the Maria da Penha Law, which established protective measures against violence toward women. Named in honor of Ceará biopharmacist Maria da Penha Maia Fernandes, who survived two attempted murders by her husband in 1983 and later became an activist against gender-based violence, the law was a significant step forward. Despite this, advances in legislation have not stopped the increasing incidence of feminicide, assault, and abuse against women.The law introduces emergency protective measures designed to disrupt the cycle of violence against women and prevent further instances of domestic abuse, including physical, moral, psychological, sexual, or property-related harm. Prior to the enactment of this legislation, su...

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Women still lack visibility in Brazilian literature

Maria da Penha Law advances, yet crimes against women continue to rise