Criola
Criola
About

Criola is a civil society organization with more than 25 years of experience in defending and promoting the rights of black women. Founded in 1992, the organization works to build a society where values ​​of justice, equity and solidarity are fundamental. For almost three decades, Criola reaffirms that the transformative action of black women is essential for the well-being of all Brazilian society.

MISSION: To  instrument women, adolescents and black girls to face racism, sexism, lesbophobia and transphobia. And for the development of actions aimed at improving the living conditions of the black population and of black women in particular.

VISION: They seek the insertion of black women as agents of transformation, contributing to the construction of a society founded on values ​​of justice, equity and solidarity, in which the presence and contribution of black women are welcomed as a good of humanity.

GOALS:

  • Create and apply new technologies for the political struggle of black women's groups;
  • Produce knowledge qualified by specific data on the current context of rights issues;
  • To form black leaders able to elaborate their agendas of demand for public policies and to conduct processes of interlocution with public managers;
  • Increasing political pressure on governments and other public bodies for the realization of rights, particularly the right to health, access to justice and gender equity, race and sexual orientation.
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Type of organization

1 office
1992
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Company Offices

  • Brazil (headquarters)
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Av. Pres. Vargas, 482 - 203 - Center