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Venezuelan congresswoman Manuela Bolívar highlights the role of civil society in the fight for democracy in the country

Venezuela has been experiencing troubled days at the beginning of this year: parliamentarians from the government have prevented oppositionists from joining in important votes in Congress; deputies are missing, thought…

Humanitas36031/01/2020

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World democracy hits worst average score ever recorded by ‘The Economist’: Brasil worsens, while Chile has progress in 2019

The Intelligence Unit of the British magazine "The Economist" launched this January the "Democracy Index 2019", the latest edition of its research on the state of democracy in the world.…

Humanitas36027/01/2020

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Brazilian writer Ferréz on entrepreneurship, literature from the periphery and criminal justice system

“I went to a meeting of startups the other day and one of the people there said: if you want to build a startup, the first thing you have to…

Humanitas36024/01/2020

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Former female detainees of Humanitas360’s cooperative set off new phase of project originated at the penitentiary

The Humanitas360 Institute held a meeting with five freed women associated in the work cooperative, supported by the project Entrepreneurship Behind and Beyond Bars. The encounter sets off a new…

Humanitas36019/12/2019

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Brazilian singer Alcione to become godmother of cooperative for female detainees in Maranhão, Brazil

Brazilian singer Alcione accepted the invitation made by the president of the Humanitas360 Institute, Patrícia Villela Marino, to become the godmother of the new cooperative for female detainees that H360…

Humanitas36019/12/2019

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Governor of Maranhão visits Humanitas360 Institute and shares details of cooperative project in Female Prison Unit of São Luís

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…

Humanitas36019/12/2019

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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…

Humanitas36009/12/2019

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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…

Humanitas36029/11/2019

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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…

Humanitas36031/10/2019

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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,…

Humanitas36021/10/2019

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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…

Humanitas36014/10/2019

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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 state of Maranhão (Brazil), sealed the partnership signed between Instituto…

Humanitas36003/10/2019

Venezuelan congresswoman Manuela Bolívar highlights the role of civil society in the fight for democracy in the country

World democracy hits worst average score ever recorded by ‘The Economist’: Brasil worsens, while Chile has progress in 2019

Brazilian writer Ferréz on entrepreneurship, literature from the periphery and criminal justice system

Former female detainees of Humanitas360’s cooperative set off new phase of project originated at the penitentiary

Brazilian singer Alcione to become godmother of cooperative for female detainees in Maranhão, Brazil

Governor of Maranhão visits Humanitas360 Institute and shares details of cooperative project in Female Prison Unit of São Luís

Public security experts discuss violence reduction strategies

Humanitas360 participates in the launching of Incarceration Nations Network at Nelson Mandela Foundation

Humanitas360’s lawsuit stops privatization of penitentiaries in São Paulo

“EntreMeadas” exhibition highlights the crochet work of Lili Cooperative, made by the incarcerated women of Tremembé

Commemorative exhibition of 5 years of the film “Illegal” discusses the regulation of medicinal cannabis by the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa)

Governor Flávio Dino and president of H360 work out details for the implementation of an inmate cooperative in Maranhão

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