The governor of the state of Maranhão, Flávio Dino, visited the Humanitas360 Institute to discuss the plan to implement work cooperatives for inmates at the Female Prison Unit of São Luís, a project articulated by the National Justice Council. In a conversation with the team, the governor underscored the importance of this partnership to meet...
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09/12/201920/01/2020
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Public security experts discuss violence reduction strategies
In one of the events celebrating the two years of CIVI-CO, the space for social impact businesses where Humanitas360 is based in São Paulo, a debate with public security experts gathered the lawyer and executive director of Instituto de Defesa do Direito de Defesa (Institute to Defend the Right of Defense) Marina Dias, the journalist...
29/11/201929/11/2019
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Humanitas360 participates in the launching of Incarceration Nations Network at Nelson Mandela Foundation
Nelson Mandela Foundation’s headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa, staged in the beginning of November the launching of a coalition of social organizations working for the reformation of the prison system in many parts of the planet. The mission of the Incarceration Nations Network (INN) is supporting and divulging innovations in the sector. As a member...
31/10/201931/10/2019
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Humanitas360’s lawsuit stops privatization of penitentiaries in São Paulo
In October, Humanitas360 issued and won a lawsuit at the State Court of Audit in São Paulo in order to temporarily suspend the licitation for privatization of four detention centers of the state. Besides this progress, another lawsuit is being carried out in the State Court of Justice by the Public Defense, IBCCRIM (Brazilian Institute...
21/10/201930/10/2019
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“EntreMeadas” exhibition highlights the crochet work of Lili Cooperative, made by the incarcerated women of Tremembé
One of the works in crochet produced by Lili Cooperative – developed by the incarcerated women of Tremembé and supported by Humanitas360 – is being displayed at the “EntreMeadas” exhibition, at Sesc Vila Mariana, in São Paulo, Brazil. The exposition curated by Adélia Borges highlights the production of twenty collectives of craftswomen from the state...
14/10/201905/11/2019
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Commemorative exhibition of 5 years of the film “Illegal” discusses the regulation of medicinal cannabis by the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa)
Amid expectations on a vote to regulate the cultivation and commercialization of medicinal cannabis by the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa), Instituto Humanitas360 and CIVI-CO organized a debate with the directors of the film “Ilegal,” mothers of patients, physicians and activists. Patrícia Villela Marino, president of H360, recalled that regulation has been the target of...
03/10/201913/05/2020
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Governor Flávio Dino and president of H360 work out details for the implementation of an inmate cooperative in Maranhão
A luncheon hosted by Governor Flávio Dino on Sept. 25 at Palácio dos Leões, the seat of government for the…
02/10/201902/10/2019
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Marca Tereza displays products by Tremembé Penitentiary inmates in the Madalenas Market, in São Paulo
Handicraft products produced by the inmates of Women’s Penitentiary II of Tremembé enchanted shoppers at the Madalenas Market, a bazaar…
02/10/201902/10/2019
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Patrícia Villela Marino participates in panel discussions at the Philanthropy Innovation Summit at Stanford University
The president of Instituto Humanitas360 (H360), Patrícia Villela Marino, was one of the guest speakers at the Philanthropy Innovation Summit…
03/09/201903/09/2019
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Chef Helena Rizzo invites the cooperative members at the Women’s Penitentiary II of Tremembé to sow decoration pieces for the new Padoca do Maní
H360’s work to develop the cooperative at the Women’s Penitentiary II of Tremembé captured Maní Group’s attention, which brings together…