Diploma Bertha Lutz

The Diploma Bertha Lutz , also known as Prêmio Bertha Lutz (German Bertha Lutz Diploma or Bertha Lutz Prize ) was founded by the Federal Senate in Brazil to honor women who have made a significant contribution to the defense of women's rights and gender issues in Brazil to have. It is named after the Brazilian biologist and feminist Bertha Lutz .

In 1998, Senator Emília Fernandes introduced a corresponding project to the Senate, which was passed with Resolution No. 2/2001 as Diploma Mulher-Cidadã Bertha Lutz . On average, five women from different areas are honored each year. The award ceremony takes place in a Senate meeting on March 8th on the occasion of International Women's Day.

Award winners

2002

• Luiza Erundina , Federal Member of Parliament ( PSB -SP);
• Maria Berenice Dias , judge in Rio Grande do Sul ;
• Maria Isabel Lopes , educator and local politician in Fortaleza ;
• Heleieth Saffioti , sociologist and university professor in São Paulo ;
• Herilda Balduíno de Sousa , judge of the Distrito Federal do Brasil .

2003

• Emília Fernandes , Special Secretary of State for Women's Policy;
• Raimunda Gomes da Silva , co-founder of the intergovernmental movement Quebradeiras de Coco Babaçu in Tocantins (collectors of the Babassu fruit )
• Nair Jane de Castro Lima , trade unionist in Rio de Janeiro and founder of one of the first domestic workers' associations;
• Nazaré Gadelha , human rights activist and lawyer in Acre ;
• Sueli Carneiro , Afro-Brazilian feminist in São Paulo .

2004

• Eva Sopher , German-Brazilian cultural manager and president of the Theatro São Pedro Foundation , in Porto Alegre ;
• Maria Gleyde Martins Costa , Roraima State Advisory Council for the Defense of Women's Rights;
• Mônica Maria de Paula Barroso , human rights and women's rights lawyer in Fortaleza , Ceará ;
• Maria Aparecida Schumaher , feminist and co-author of the Dicionário mulheres do Brasil ;
• Zuleika Alambert , politician, feminist and author from Santos (SP).

2005

• Clara Charf , member of the National Council for Women's Rights and founder of the Associação Mulheres pela Paz ;
• Maria da Penha Maia Fernandes , human rights activist and feminist, initiator of Lei Nº 11.340 from 2006, known as Lei Maria da Penha against domestic violence;
• Palmerinda Donato , journalist and biographer Juscelino Kubitschek ;
• Rozeli da Silva , street sweeper (gari), founded the Centro Infantil Renascer da Esperança in Porto Alegre , which is directed against violence against street children ;
• Zilda Arns , President of the Pastoral da Criança , children's pastoral care of the Catholic Church in Brazil.

2006

• Elizabeth Altino Teixeira , farm worker and land reform activist, survived the reprisals against the peasant leagues ( Ligas Camponesas ) in Paraíba ;
• Geraldina Pereira de Oliveira , farm worker and land reform activist in Pará ;
• Rosmary Corrêa , police chief and politician who campaigns for women's rights in São Paulo ;
• Jupyra Barbosa Ghedini , functionary;
• Raimunda Putani , indigenous spiritual leader (pajé) of the Iauanauás or Yawanawá in Acre .

2007

• Mãe Beata de Iemanjá , Yalorixá (priestess of Candomblé ) in Rio de Janeiro ;
• Suely Batista dos Santos , university lecturer in Mato Grosso ;
• Moema Libera Viezzer , author, active in women's education networks in ( Paraná );
• Maria Yvone Loureiro Ribeiro , campaigns for equality ( Maceió , Alagoas );
• Ivana Farina Navarrete Pena , President of the Conselho Nacional de Direitos Humanos (from Goiás ).

2008

• Alice Editha Klausz , flight attendant pioneer;
• Maria dos Prazeres de Souza , obstetrician, health and nurse ( Pernambuco );
• Jandira Feghali , doctor, trade unionist and politician (Rio de Janeiro);
• Mayana Zatz , molecular biologist and geneticist;
• Rose Marie Muraro , feminist author, publisher, liberation theologian (Rio de Janeiro).

2009

• Lily Marinho , "High Society";
• Sônia Maria Amaral Fernandes Ribeiro , judge, Maranhão ;
• Elisa Lucinda , writer and performing artist, Espírito Santo ;
• Neide Viana Castanha , social worker, committed to combating sexual abuse of children and young people;
• Cléa Anna Maria Carpi da Rocha , human rights lawyer, member of the Brazilian Federal Bar ;
• Ruth Cardoso ( in memoriam ), former first lady, sociologist and university professor.

2010

• Leci Brandão , singer, composer (sambista), Afro-Brazilian politician who campaigns against domestic violence, intolerance and homophobia in the state of São Paulo ;
• Maria Augusta Tibiriçá Miranda , doctor and feminist activist, co-founder of the Federação de Mulheres do Brasil ;
• Cleuza Pereira do Nascimento , politician (Pernambuco);
• Andréa Maciel Pachá , judge (Rio de Janeiro), member of the Conselho Nacional de Justiça ;
• Clara Perelberg Steinberg , civil engineer (Rio de Janeiro);
• Fani Lerner ( in memoriam ), founded numerous social programs for children and young people ( Curitiba , Paraná );
• Maria Lygia de Borges Garcia ( special honor ), author, president of the Fundação de Promoção Social de Mato Grosso ( Cuiabá , Mato Grosso ).

2011

• Maria Liège Santos Rocha , militant feminist, in Bahia a . a. President of the União de Mulheres de Salvador, later co-founder of the União Brasileira de Mulheres ;
• Chloris Casagrande Justen , educator, involved a. a. on the Youth Protection Act Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente , functionary, vice-president of the Academia Paranaense de Letras (Paraná);
• Maria José da Silva , founder of the Associação de Moradores do Conjunto Bento Ribeiro Dantas in the Complexo da Maré , Bairro in Rio de Janeiro , supports cooperatives for recycling;
• Maria Ruth Barreto Cavalcante , psycho-pedagogue, co-founder of the Centro de Desenvolvimento Humano ;
• Carmen Helena Ferreira Foro , Vice-President of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores Federation ;
• Ana Maria Pacheco de Vasconcelos ( in memoriam ), lawyer, campaigned for homeless girls in Recife .

2012

• Dilma Rousseff , President of the Republic;
• Maria Prestes , wife of the communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes ;
• Eunice Michiles , first elected Senator of the Federal Senate, represented the Amazon from 1979 to 1987;
• Rosali Scalabrin , land reformer of the Comissão Pastoral da Terra ;
• Ana Alice da Costa , political scientist and university professor, promotes interdisciplinary women's studies.

2013

• Jô Moraes , Federal MP for the State of Minas Gerais ;
• Adélia Pessoa , lawyer, president of the “Comissão de Defesa dos Direitos da Mulher” of the Brazilian Bar Association, Sergipe Section and of the “Comissão Nacional de Gênero e Violência Doméstica” of the Brazilian Institute for Family Law;
• Amabília Almeida , educator and politician ( Bahia );
• Telma Ayres , psychologist, health advisor, u. a. active in the Associação Feminina de Educação e Combate ao Câncer;
• Luzia Santiago , Missionary of the Canção Nova.

2014

• Cristina Buarque , politician, State Secretary for Women of Pernambuco (Secretária da Mulher do Estado de Pernambuco);
• Delaíde Arantes , Minister at the Supreme Labor Court (Ministra do Tribunal Superior do Trabalho );
• Magnólia Rocha , President of the Anti-Cancer League of Roraima (Liga Roraimense de Combate ao Câncer);
• Zezé Rocha , university professor and first Afro-Brazilian MP from 1991 to 1999 in the state of Bahia ;
• Maria Lygia Maynard , President of the Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Deficientes Auditivos de Sergipe, a society for the hearing impaired in Sergipe .

2015

• Creuza Maria Oliveira , President of the Federação Nacional das Trabalhadoras Domésticas , which advocates the rights of underprivileged housekeepers;
• Cármen Lúcia , Minister of the Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF);
• Clara Araújo , sociologist;
• Mary Garcia Castro , sociologist;
• Ivanilda Pinheiro Salucci , social worker and activist against the sexual exploitation of women and young people in the Amazon region;
• Maria Elizabeth Teixeira Rocha , First President of the Superior Tribunal Militar (STM), Supreme Military Court;
• Débora Martins Bonafé dos Santos ( in memoriam ).

2016

• Ellen Gracie Northfleet , social anthropologist and former minister of the Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF);
• Lucia Regina Antony , women activist and co-founder of the União Brasileira de Mulheres ;
• Luiza Helena de Bairros , social scientist and State Secretary in the ministerial rank of the Secretariat for Policies for the Promotion of Racial Equality;
• Lya Luft , writer;
• Marco Aurélio Mello , former Minister of the Supremo Tribunal Federal and the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE), promoter of the publicity campaigns “Mais Mulheres na Política” (“More women in politics”) and “Todo Poder às Mulheres” (“More power for women ) ".

2017

• Denice Santiago Santos do Rosário , Captain (Major) of the Military Police of Bahia, active against violence against women;
• Diza Gonzaga , founder of a foundation for humane traffic and traffic education ;
• Isabel Cristina de Azevedo Heyvaert , Ambassador to Serbia, Montenegro and Ethiopia, observer to the African Union;
• Raimunda Luzia de Brito , university professor in education, active for Afro-Brazilian women in Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul;
• Tatiane Bernardi Teixeira Pinto , writer, screenwriter and journalist.

2018

The award went to the 26 female federal representatives who were involved in drafting the Brazilian constitution of 1988 .

• Abigail Feitosa , in Memoriam
• Anna Maria Rattes
• Benedita da Silva
• Pray Mendes
• Beth Azize
• Cristina Tavares , in memoriam
• Dirce Tutu Quadros , in memoriam
• Eunice Michiles
• Irma Passoni
• Lídice da Mata
• Lúcia Braga
• Lúcia Vânia
• Márcia Kubitschek , in memoriam
• Maria de Lourdes Abadia
• Maria Lúcia Melo de Araújo
• Marluce Pinto
• Moema Sao Thiago
• Myriam Portella
• Raquel Cândido
• Raquel Capiberibe
• Rita Camata
• Rita Furtado , in memoriam
• Rose de Freitas
• Sadie Hauache
• Sandra Cavalcanti
• Wilma de Faria , in memoriam

2019

23 people were honored from the fields of law, art, handicrafts, plus activists, politicians and university professors:

• Alzira Soriano , in memoriam
• Ana Benedita de Serqueira e Silva
• Bibi Ferreira , in memoriam
• Delanira Pereira Gonçalves
• Eudésia Vieira , in memoriam
• Fabiane Maria de Jesus , in memoriam
• Gabriela Manssur
• Helena Heluy
• Helena Meireles , in memoriam
• Heley de Abreu Silva Batista , in memoriam
• Hermínia Maria Silveira Azoury
• Iolanda Ferreira Lima
• Iracy Ribeiro Mangueira Marques
• Jaceguara Dantas da Silva
• Laélia de Alcântara , in memoriam
• Laissa Guerreira
• Suffer Moreira , in memoriam
• Leiliane Silva
• Marcia Abrahão Moura
• Margarida Lemos Gonçalves , in Memoriam
• Maria Esther Bueno , in memoriam
• Maria Lucia Fattorelli
• Marielle Franco , in memoriam

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Resolução Nº 2, DE 2001 Institui o Diploma Mulher-Cidadã Bertha Lutz e dá outras providências . ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 11, 2016.  
2. ↑ Comite anuncia ganhadores do diplomatically Bertha Lutz , of 2003.
3. ↑ Prêmio Mulher-Cidadã anuncia vencedoras ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2004. 
4. ↑ Congresso Nacional entrega prêmio Bertha Lutz , 2005.
5. ↑ Senado homenageia mulheres e entrega Diploma Bertha Lutz ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2006. 
6. ↑ Prêmio Bertha Lutz será entregue dia 7 de março em sessão do Congresso Nacional, em Brasília  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2007.  
7. ↑ Homenagem às agraciadas do Diploma Bertha Lutz , 2008.
8. ↑ Diploma Mulher-Cidadã Bertha Lutz dá visibilidade à luta contra discriminações à mulher, diz Serys ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2009. 
9. ↑ Congresso comemora Dia da Mulher e concede Diploma Bertha Lutz , of 2010.
10. ↑ Diploma Mulher Cidadã Bertha Lutz 2011 , 2011.
11. ↑ Dilma recebe prêmio em sessão especial dedicada à mulher  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2012.  
12. ↑ Congresso homenageia mulheres em sessão solene ( Memento of the original of March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Agência Senado, March 7, 2013.  
13. ↑ Homenagem às mulheres será no dia 25 de março ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Agência Senado, February 13, 2014.  
14. ↑ Congresso homenageia personalidades pela defesa dos direitos da mulher. Agência Senado, March 11, 2015, accessed May 18, 2016 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
15. ↑ Diploma Bertha Lutz será concedido a um homem pela primeira vez. Agência Senado, February 26, 2016, accessed May 18, 2016 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
16. ^ Senado entrega Diploma Bertha Lutz no Dia Internacional da Mulher. Agência Senado, February 15, 2017, accessed March 9, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
17. ↑ Conselho do Diploma Bertha Lutz - Agraciados em 2018 - Órgãos do Parlamento - Senado Federal. In: leg.br. www25.senado.leg.br, accessed March 23, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
18. ↑ Bancada feminina define indicadas para o Diploma Bertha Lutz. In: www25.senado.leg.br. Agência Senado - Órgãos do Parlamento - Senado Federal, March 12, 2019, accessed December 17, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).