To coincide with the University of Oxford’s Brazil Week, this event looks at the violence and exclusion from the public sphere faced by Brazilian women. Dr Anna Petherick, Departmental Lecturer in Public Policy – whose research focuses on corruption, gender and trust, with much of it based in Brazil – will discuss these issues with current MPP students Amanda Sadalla, Carolina Martinelli and Pollyiana Lima.

The event will include a round of short introductions on each participant's research, followed by an open space for questions and reflections from the audience on the possible ways to overcome these challenges.

Presentations:

• Anna Petherick: “The Dilma Effect: citizens evaluations of women in politics in post-impeachment Brazil.”
• Amanda Sadalla: “Facing violence against women: challenges for public administration from the analysis of São Paulo municipalities”.
• Pollyiana Lima: “Evolution of women’s rights in the Brazilian context”.
• Carolina Martinelli: “Do congresswomen represent women’s interests? An analysis of legislative behaviour in favour of women in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies”.