Brazilian FeminismFor decades, women around the world have turned to each other for support and help to empower gender at large. In Brazil, for example, women have been making themselves heard and seen on the public stage since the early 1970s. Brazilian feminism is a political action in which theory and practice are incorporated. Additionally, it focuses on women as responsible agents for changing their conditions. They seek to create opportunities for women's political participation, to demand better conditions in women's daily lives, and to "address problems arising from women's socially defined reproductive roles". In addition to fighting to change existing laws and create new laws, they emphasize demand. for more rights, new public policies and more participation. Currently, feminist movements focus on human misery and the exercise of citizenship by women. “Brazilian feminists are fighting in Congress, in the streets, for the right to formal education, the right to vote, equal pay and decent working conditions. As well as gaining control over their bodies and their sexual pleasures. » Beginning with the power of the pen, Nisia Floresta Brasileira Augusta defended women's right to formal education by publishing numerous works. Brazil's suffragette campaigns led to women's right to vote in 1932. The Brazilian Communist Party "mobilized low-income women to fight for better working conditions and participate in society's broader struggles." Such mobilizations, especially after the 1940s, gave rise to numerous women's organizations. The conservative positions of the Catholic Church have had a huge impact on laws, particularly on issues such as contraceptives and abortion. Additionally, the military coup of the 1960s ended feminist movements. He took women two steps back as he "focused on maintaining order, preserving traditional family ties, protecting property, obedience to the Church, family and the military hierarchy. Military oppression prevented feminism from re-emerging before the 1970s. In addition to demanding better daily living conditions, an end to human misery and the exercise of citizenship, feminists and women's organizations in Brazil have identified and targeted issues such as denouncing political repression. This was especially true under military rule. At that time, they were also fighting against the rising cost of living, demanding schools, health centers, running water, transportation, electricity and adequate housing. Women were at the origin of the first public demonstrations during this period of repression. Eventually, new themes and more specialized issues such as women's rights, female sexuality, sexual violence and abortion were introduced. Overall, they fought and continue to fight for new rights for women..