Grupo Origem
- Location
- Olinda, Pernambuco
- Backed in
- 2006
- Covered areas
- Human Rights and Civic Engagement
Caixa de Pandora
The Grupo Origem works to defend women’s rights, empowering groups of women and training health professionals to assist women and assure the protection of their rights. The Caixa de Pandora project, with support of BrazilFoundation, trained 23 technicians from the public health system in humane and sensitive approaches to the treatment of women. Workshops covering topics such as sexuality, prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, and sexual and reproductive rights were offered to 20 women with psychological disorders.