Conectas' Fellow from Mozambique talks about domestic violence and women’s rights

October 31, 2011

  

Ferosa Abel David Chaúque Zacaria, a human rights advocate from Mozambique and participant in Conectas’ Fellowship Program for Portuguese-Speaking Africa, gave an interview to the newsletter of the Specialization Center for the Promotion and Defense of Women’s Rights. Since September this year, Ferosa has been undertaking an internship at the institution, where she has been following the legal and procedural work in criminal justice, specifically by the Public Defender’s Office that caters to the victims in the Family and Domestic Violence Court in the city of São Paulo.

 

Click here to read the interview in full (in Portuguese), in which she addresses the perspectives on women’s rights and domestic violence.

 

Learn more about the 2011 edition of the Fellowship Program: click here.