National Meeting of Black Women

The first National Meeting of Black Women (; (ENMN) in Brazil took place from 2 to 4 December, 1988, in Valença, Rio de Janeiro, with 450 women from 17 Brazilian states. This meeting stemmed in part from a desire for greater solidarity and organizational structure among black Brazilian women, especially Fluminense women, who had previously organized the First State Meeting of Black Women of Rio de Janeiro () in 1987.
Meeting.
The National Meeting challenged some sectors of the feminist movement and male leaders of the black movement. The meeting occurred in the Brazilian city of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro. Attendees from Rio de Janeiro had also participated in the IX Encontro Feminista, in Garanhuns, where some noted that racial concerns were short-changed in discussions. According to Sandra Bello, questions of class and race featured prominently. Many feminists did not accept the active participation of black women, including their discussion and representation of issues concerning the favelas; white feminists were challenged at the state-level meetings about their control of "quotas of participation of black women in the Meetings".