Jacqueline PitanguyBrazil Fifth Board Chair Global Fund for Women One of the 1,000 women proposed for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, Jacqueline is Brazil’s best-known feminist activist. She was strong in opposing the military junta in Brazil and went to jail for her resistance against her country’s military dictatorship. When the dictatorship was overthrown in 1985, she helped to incorporate gender issues into the constitution. She held a cabinet position as President of the National Council for Women’s Rights (1986-89), designing and implementing public policies to improve women’s condition in Brazil. She is a recipient of the Medal of Rio Branco, the highest decoration of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Jacqueline, a sociologist and political scientist, is the Founder and Director of Cidadania, Estudo, Pesquisa, Informação e Ação (CEPIA), a non-governmental organization based in Rio de Janeiro. At CEPIA she coordinates research on gender issues and facilitates advocacy and educational programs relating to violence against women and reproductive health. She has been a Professor at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Rio de Janeiro and at Rutgers University, where she held the Laurie New Jersey Chair in Women’s Studies from 1991-92.
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