The project will be conducted by a team of four scholars with expertise in the fields of health law, sociology of law, international law, anthropology, and intercultural educations. Two of them belong to the Xukuru and Pankararu peoples.
Researchers
Atina Krajewska
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
Leading human rights scholar 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).
Elisa Urbano Ramos
Pankararu Indigenous rights activist and scholar, with Master’s in Anthropology.
She is an important female leader in Brazil and is currently pursuing a PhD in Anthropology (PPGA/UFPE)
She specialises in Indigenous women’s rights, pioneering Indigenous Feminist Studies and has conducted empirical research on traditional midwifes in Pernambuco.
Maria Roseane Cordeiro de Oliveira
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 (CAA/UFPE).
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