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In 1982, a small group of feminists was assisting in the electoral campaign of a candidate for governor in the Brazilian State of São Paulo. Some of them were in charge of drafting the items on women’s health to be included in his campaign agenda and were facing enormous difficulties.
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Barroso, C. (1991). The Women’s Movement, the State and Health Policies in Brazil. In: à Nijeholt, G.L. (eds) Towards Women’s Strategies in the 1990s. Institute of Social Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12622-4_3
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