Alzira Rufino

Alzira Rufino (Santos, São Paulo, 6 July 1949) is a Brazilian feminist and activist associated with the Black Movement and the Black Women's Movement. She was born to a poor family and worked as a child. She won her first literary prize in her youth. At the age of 19, she began her studies in healthcare, graduating from nursing school. She is 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
• Direitos Humanos das Mulheres Negras
• Educação Anti-racista
• Comunicação
• Cultura Afro-brasileira

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). Retrieved 19 September 2015.