The project will be conducted by a team of four scholars with specialties in the fields of anthropology, sociology of law, international law and intercultural educations. Two of them belong to the Xukuru and Pankararu peoples.
Researchers
Atina Krajewska is a Professor of Law, with extensive experience in the field of sexual and reproductive rights, (global) health law, and the sociology of (health) law. Currently, her research focuses on the development of Polish abortion law, investigating the relationship between political transitions, legal reforms, and the development of the medical profession. She is also finalising a project concerning abortion law in Mozambique, another former Portuguese colony.
Carina Calabria is one of the leading human rights scholars in Brazil and a recognised expert in the fields of Sociology of Justice and International Law, having collaborated with the UN, the IACtHR and the STF/CNJ in Brazil. She is currently leading a team of 17 legal researchers on an interdisciplinary project on the justice systems of indigenous peoples in Brazil (including the Xukuru and the Pankararu). She is currently a researcher of the Law Post-Progradute Program of the prestigious Law School of the Federal University of Pernambuco (FDR/UFPE).
Maria Roseane Cordeiro de Oliveira is a Xukuru Indigenous rights scholar and educator. She has a degree in Intercultural Indigenous Studies and is a specialist in Indigenous History and Cultures. She was the first Indigenous Master’s student of CAA/UFPE, with a scholarship of FACEPE, obtaining a Master’s degree in Contemporary Education. Roseanne is a specialist in Intercultural Education and in Clinical Psychopedagogy and is currently pursuing her PhD in the area.
Elisa Urbano Ramos is a Pakararu Indigenous rights activist and scholar, with Master’s in Anthropology. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Anthropology. She specialises in Indigenous women’s rights, pioneering Indigenous Feminist Studies and has conducted empirical research on traditional healers in Pernambuco.
Supporters
- UKRI/AHRC (Project Number: AH/X008118/1)
- Recife Law School, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE): https://www.ufpe.br/ccj
Partners
- The Public Prosecutor’s Office (Ministério Público) in Pernambuco (Brazil): https://portal.mppe.mp.br/
- The Representation of Indigenous People and Organisations in the Northeast, Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo (APOINME).
- Museu da Parteira: https://museudaparteira.org.br/
