At the UN, Representative Carol Dartora discusses racial and gender equality in the public and private sectors.

247 - Federal Deputy Carol Dartora (PT-PR), professor and the first black woman elected to the Federal Chamber of Deputies in the history of Paraná, will speak at the UN headquarters in New York (USA) about the union of the public and private sectors to achieve gender equality. The panel will be part of the UN Global Compact meeting in Brazil and the 67th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67). The congresswoman's participation will take place this Thursday (16).

 Data from Oxfam, in partnership with Datafolha, shows that in 2022, for 75% of Brazilians – 79% of whom are Black women – technological changes are making the rich richer and the poor even poorer. Currently, gender equality is on the agenda. On March 8th, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) signed a series of acts for gender equality.

 The Global Compact meeting aims to align business, government, and societal strategies with principles in the areas of Human Rights, Labor, Environment, and Anti-Corruption, and with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In parallel, CSW67 will address innovation, technological change, and education in the digital age to achieve gender equality, as well as the empowerment of women and girls.

 Parliamentary Front to Combat Racism

 Also engaging with international themes, Carol Dartora is involved in the creation of the Parliamentary Front to Combat Racism and Promote Education for Ethnic-Racial and Gender Relations. The Front aims to demonstrate how gender equality can be transversal to issues such as education.

 “We understand that the issue revolves around education. We need to make it clear that inequalities can be overcome through education, thus leading to a less sexist society,” Dartora pointed out, adding that the role of both the legislature and the private sector is to establish equality in the workplace.