Alzira Rufino

Alzira Rufino (born July 6, 1949) is a Brazilian feminist and activist who is associated with the Black Movement and the Black Women's Movement. She was the founder of the Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra (Black Women's House of Culture), the country's first black women's centre.

Rufino was born in Santos, São Paulo to a low-income family and worked as a child. She won her first literary prize in her youth. At age 19, she began her studies in healthcare, later graduating from nursing school.

Rufinois a leader in the Afro-Brazilian literature and cultural arts movement.[1] In 1990, she founded Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra (Black Women's House of Culture), the country's first black women's centre.[2]

Selected works
  • Violência Doméstica e Racial[3]
  • Direitos Humanos das Mulheres Negras[4]
  • Educação Anti-racista[5]
  • Comunicação[6]
  • Cultura Afro-brasileira[7]

References
  1. Beeson, Anita S (2009). Political Identities: The Indigenous and Afrodescendant Women's Movements in Bolivia and Brazil, a Case Study. University of Texas at San Antonio. Department of Political Science and Geography. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-1-109-12358-6.
  2. Payne, Katrina (February 1995). "Interview: 'I, Black Woman, Resist!' Katrina Payne Talks to Alzira Rufino". Gender and Development. Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of Oxfam GB. 3 (1): 55–58. doi:10.1080/741921765. JSTOR 4030428.
  3. "Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra". 2010-11-10. Archived from the original on 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  4. "Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra". 2009-07-11. Archived from the original on 2009-07-11. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  5. "Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra". 2010-11-10. Archived from the original on 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  6. "Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra". 2010-11-04. Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  7. "Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra". 2010-11-04. Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
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