Rosiska Darcy de Oliveira | |
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| Born | March 27, 1944 Rio de Janeiro |
| Occupation | journalist, writer, academic |
Rosiska Darcy de Oliveira (born March 27, 1944) is a Brazilian journalist, writer and academic. Her works mainly deal with topics such as feminism, education and contemporary life. [1] She was also a staunch opponent of the dictatorship in the country, established by the 1964 coup d'etat. [2]
She is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2013. [3]
Rosiska Darcy was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1944, she studied at the Instituto de Educação and wrote for Tangará, the school's magazine. [4] She graduated in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and worked as a journalist for various magazines and newspapers in the 1960s, such as Senhor, Visão, Jornal do Brasil and O Globo.
During her college years, she met Miguel Darcy de Oliveira; they got married and in 1969, during the military dictatorship, he began working as a diplomat; the couple left Brazil for Geneva, in Switzerland. There, they wrote a report to Amnesty International and the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation denouncing cases of torture by the regime. In February 1970, Oliveira was called back to Brazil by the regime and was imprisoned for 40 days in the Itamaraty Palace. At that time, Rosiska says she was interrogated for 12 hours at the Brazilian embassy in Switzerland, which she also denounced to international organizations. Rosiska and her husband later met again in Europe. [5]
She was exiled in Switzerland for ten years. [6] There, she met the educator Paulo Freire, which led to Rosiska's work in education, reinforced by her studies under Jean Piaget at the University of Geneva. In 1971, she founded the Instituto de Ação Cultural with Freire, which promoted the educational reconstruction of Portuguese-speaking African countries after their independence. [7] [8] She worked with the Institute in Guinea-Bissau. [9]
She was involved in the feminist movement, publishing several essays on women in society and teaching at the University of Geneva - where she obtained her doctorate. [10] She returned to Brazil in 1983 and became an advisor to the deputy governor of Rio de Janeiro, Darcy Ribeiro for four years. In 1991, she founded and was chairwoman of the Coalition of Brazilian Women and was appointed president of the National Council for Women's Rights. [11]
She co-chaired the Brazilian delegation to the World Conference on Women, participated in the Women and Development Council of the Inter-American Development Bank and represented Brazil on the Inter-American Commission of Women of the Organization of American States. She defended the creation and was the first president of the Specialized Meeting of Women in Mercosur. She has participated in UN and UNESCO projects. [12]
Between 2007 and 2015, she directed the Rio Como Vamos movement, an organization focused on social and urban improvement in Rio de Janeiro. [13]
In 11 April 2013 she was elected to the chair nº10 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, succeeding Ledo Ivo. [14]
She is the subject of the 2015 documentary Elogio da Liberdade [In Praise of Freedom], directed by Bianca Comparato. [15]
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