The Loucas receive yet another international AWARD!

THeatrE FOrum 
(
"a la Boal"
oN 
domEstic AND sexist VIOLENce, 
for young people, 
adults from the night classes at the municipal schools of Recife, March/April 2001.

Public: 
approx. 3.600

This time it was Unifem, GermAny that chose 4 women's groups, of a total of 59,
who work in programmes against violence and to promote peace in the world.

The 1st prize goes to "the brave women from the Popular Feminine Organization" de Barrancabermeja, Colombia. 
Those same ones that last August hosted the International Women's March for 
PeAce, in Barrancabermeja, right in the middle of the Colombian armed conflict.
And the Loucas were there together with 3.000 women! Bravo compañeras!

The 2nd prize goes to the Loucas, and 2 more groups of women from Egypt and Nepal. Each group will receive DM.3000. 

The award-giving ceremony is Monday 22/10/01 in Bonn. 
Marly Borges, our louca from Berlin and Tina Kleiber from Ação para um Mundo Solidário, that has supported our work since 1996, will be representing us.
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  See the newspaper cutting ! 



And make the most of it, to visit the most recent "loucura (madness)"  organized by the Loucas, the Pernambuco Womens Forum, and the White Ribbon Campaign for 25th November, International Day for Combating Sexual and Domestic Violence.

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