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.

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.: ProQuest. 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). JSTOR 4030428.
  3. "Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra". web.archive.org. 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  4. "Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra". web.archive.org. 2009-07-11. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  5. "Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra". web.archive.org. 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  6. "Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra". web.archive.org. 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  7. "Casa de Cultura da Mulher Negra". web.archive.org. 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
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