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Master’s Dissertation Defense

On March 28, at 2:30 PM, Tamara Vicaroni, a master’s student in Public Health at IMS/UERJ, will defend her dissertation titled “Too Crazy to Be Mothers: Narratives of Mental Health Professionals on Interrupted Motherhoods.” Her research is supervised by Professor Rosana Castro (CLAM/IMS/UERJ) and co-supervised by Professor Laura Lowenkron (CLAM/IMS/UERJ). Dissertation Abstract: This dissertation investigates how psychiatric diagnoses are mobilized by mental health professionals in the processes of separating mothers from their children. The research …

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Open Call for the Dossier: Politics of Reproduction: Latin American Perspectives”

The call for article submissions is now open for the Dossier “Politics of Reproduction: Latin American Perspectives”, which will be published in April 2026, in issue 58.1 of the journal Antropolítica, linked to the Graduate Program in Anthropology at the Fluminense Federal University (PPGA/UFF). The dossier is organized by researchers Camila Fernandes (UERJ, RJ), Laura Lowenkron (UERJ, RJ), and Marjorie Murray (UC-Chile). Submission deadline: June 7, 2025. About the Dossier: Starting from the premise that …

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Online and Free: REMA Launches Training Course on Maternities and Violence

The course is aimed at professionals in the fields of Health, Law, Social Assistance, and others interested in the topics of gender, reproductive rights, and violence. The Transnational Network for Research on Deprived, Violated, and Violenced Maternities (REMA) has just launched the online course “Maternities and Violence: Strengthening the Right to Health and Support Networks.” The launch takes place this March, which is marked by activities surrounding International Women’s Day. Available for free on the …

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Selection process: Rio without LGBTIFOBIA

Applications will be open for the selection process aimed at hiring professionals for the Rio without LGBTIFOBIA Program, for a fixed term. Application period: 10/03/2025 to 14/03/2025 Access the full notice at WWW.prossim.uerj.br

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Podcast: “Too crazy to be a mother?”

The Transnational Network of Research on Dispossessed, Violated, and Violent Maternities (REMA) has just released the fifth episode of the podcast “Threatened Maternities” (listen to the other episodes here), titled “Too Crazy to be a Mother?“ This episode addresses the (dis)encounters between race, motherhood, and madness by reconstructing the cases of Maria and Conceição (fictitious names), two Black women socially labeled as mad. They were treated at a Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS) III in Baixada …

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