Geledés - Black Women's Institute
Geledés - Black Women's Institute (Geledés - Instituto da Mulher Negra) is a Brazilian political organization of black women against racism and sexism. It is a civil society organization founded on April 30, 1988. Geledés main goal is to eradicate the discrimination present in society that affects black subjects, without discouraging the fight against all other forms of discrimination, such as homophobia, regional, creed, opinion and social class prejudices. Its name derives from the concept of "gelede", female secret societies in Yoruba culture.

Geledés  is one of the largest black feminism NGOs in Brazil with several campaigns and significant actions against racism. It operates in the areas of political and social action, in racial, gender, education, health, communication, the labor market, research, public policies and all interactions of these issues with human rights, developing own projects or in partnership with other organizations, and also keeping all its communication channels always updated, referring to all events related to the human rights sector, seeking to expand world news and information regarding ongoing projects.
Geledés - Instituto da Mulher Negra
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political organization
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racism
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sexism
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Yoruba
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black feminism
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gender
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human rights
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Q25418913
Geledés - Black Women's Institute
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1988-04-30T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
April 30, 1988
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