#shapetheworld is a series of open conversations hosted by Yemi Babington-Ashaye for people who care about global and local issues. It is an open approach to real issues that are affecting the world: unemployment, inequality, genomics, the fourth industrial revolution, pandemics and more. Together we learn from the diversity that audience participation brings, we explore...
The Humanitas360 Institute inaugurated last Wednesday (August 26th) morning the Cuxá Cooperative, an initiative that will encourage social entrepreneurship among imprisoned women in Pedrinhas (the São Luís Women’s Prison Unit). The project is a partnership formed with the Government of Maranhão, through the State Penitentiary Administration Office (SEAP-MA) and the National Justice Council of Brazil...
In July, the president of Humanitas360, Patrícia Villela Marino, joined a conversation with Maranhão women of the Grupo Mulheres do Brasil (the Brazilian Women Group). The Zoom meeting was mediated by the entrepreneur Patrícia Maranhão and had guests from the group, who had a chance to get to know the work developed by H360. The...
This month, products made by “Tereza Vale a Pena” (Tereza is worth it) — a brand created by Humanitas360 to commercialize and disseminate products made by the inmates and ex-inmates’ cooperatives supported by the institute — started to be shared through the Dotsy collaborative network. In July, 12 of the brand’s products were published on...
In times of pandemic, live streaming is everywhere. In the last month, the Humanitas360 Institute joined two debates that give some sense of the themes we have been working on during this period of crisis. Patrícia Villela Marino, president of H360, was invited by Itaú BBA to talk to graffiti artist Mundano, Rio de Janeiro...
On May 26, in partnership with the Instituto Responsa, the Humanitas360 Institute held a virtual meeting with the members of Cooperative Lili, a group that was formed within the Women’s Penitentiary II of Tremembé. At the meeting, they had a mini-course of ideas to generate extra income in this period of crisis, besides psycho-social assistance....
In order to soften the impact of the full closure of prisons due to the new coronavirus, which has suspended around 1 million monthly visits registered across the country, the Humanitas360 Institute and the National Justice Council (CNJ) are working together to consolidate virtual social visits. Initially, the institutions are working to expand a project...
The Humanitas360 Institute has been acting on several fronts to help mitigate the effects of the pandemic in Maranhão, the state in Northern Brazil where we implemented the Cuxá Cooperative. We donated 2,000 liters of sanitary water to the state’s prison units and material for the production of 88,000 protection masks, which adds up to...
The new coronavirus pandemic has particularly affected the most vulnerable groups in Brazil – and with the prison population it would be no different. We have seen an increase in cases of rebellions (in states such as São Paulo and Amazonas) and the recrudescence of punitive measures, such as the proposal to adopt ” containers...
COVID-19 isn’t the most lethal disease humanity has ever fought, but it is unique in its ability to expose vulnerabilities of modern society. From overwhelmed public health systems to decimated economies to the unreliable spread of vital information, this pandemic has caused and revealed an unprecedented set of challenges which can only be met through...