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some weeks already passed by since the massive ladyfest brasil took place in são paulo. anyway, its worth to share some pix and impressions. for those who don’t know the ladyfest, take a look at its history and find more information in this interview from amsterdam.

the ladyfest was realized in various parts of the city, mainly at cultural spaces and institutions like the livraria cultural, ay carmela!, centro cultural da juventude, martilha cultural and skateparks.

a public discussion at livraria cultural offered a broad overview about the womens struggle and fight in brazil. a massive example of organization, solidarity and powa mentioned during the discussion was the womens march from campinas to são paulo which took place from 08.03 to 18.03.2010. during that march, about 3000 women from all over brazil gathered and left their traces in the many cities the march stopped in. in every city workshops have been held and discussions took place, thematically ranging from domestic work, anti sexist and anti-racist education, agrarian  reform and womens work, biodiversity,  policies against domestic and sexual violence, abortion rights and women trafficking. more infos in the journal da marcha [pdf].

more workshops and meetings took place like bike repair offered by the pedalina collective (which organize their own critical mass every first saturday of the month, starting at 15h at  praça do ciclista/avenida Paulista) and self defense from wendo collective (which also exist in cologne).

 cachoeira – zona norte – são paulo

the final party gathered 5 riot grrrl bands from brazil/usa. among them hardcore from joão pessoa (noskill), political riot from são paulo (dominatrix) and special guests from portland (team dresch). check them out! the concert took place at the centro cultural de juventude close to the bus terminal cachoeira in zona norte (the same region is almost not mapped in openstreetmap.org).

  dominatrix – são paulo

 team dresch – portland