Feminisms and Anti-Racism: Intersections and Challenges An interview with Luiza Bairros, Minister, Brazilian Secretariat of Public Policies for the Promotion of Racial Equality (SEPPIR), 2011–2014

• Published in: Meridians (Middletown, Conn.) Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 50 - 69
• Main Authors: Bairros, Luiza, Alvarez, Sonia E., Adelman, Miriam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Durham Duke University Press 01-01-2016; Indiana University Press
• Subjects: Activism; African American Studies and Black Diaspora; African Americans; Black people; Brazil; Chicanx and Latinx Studies; Civil rights; Equality; Females; Feminism; Feminism and Women's Studies; Gender and Sexuality; Government agencies; History of sociology; International relations; Men; Political activism; Political aspects; Politics; Protest movements; Public administration; Public policy; Race; Race relations; Racial equality; Racism; Resistance movements; Rousseff, Dilma; Sociology; Studies; Trajectories; Translations; Women; Women's rights; Womens rights; Womens rights movements; Brazil
• ISSN: 1536-6936; 1547-8424
• DOI: 10.2979/meridians.14.1.04

Minister of Racial Equality Luiza Bairros took office as part of President Dilma Rousseff's administration in January 2011 as the head of the Brazilian Secretariat of Public Policies for the Promotion of Racial Equality. She is also a recognized scholar in the areas of Feminist Studies, Race Relations, and Sociology, and has a long history of activism in feminist and Black movements. Her unwavering dedication to the struggle for the rights of women and Afro-Brazilians, and of Black women in particular, has been reflected in her exemplary trajectory through a number of government and inter-governmental agencies. She was at the helm of the State of Bahia Secretariat for the Promotion of Equality and has held positions in international institutions, including serving as a consultant for the United Nations System in Brazil for the III World Conference against Racism, also known as the Durban Conference, as well as other projects of interest to the Afro-Brazilian population.