Portuguese PhD Student Speaks at the Human Rights Council Event in Geneva

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Portuguese first-year PhD student, Victória Lane Silva, recently participated as a panelist in the side event Human Rights Education and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development during the 57th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. In her speech, she emphasized the importance of considering intersectional factors when discussing more inclusive education for Brazilian youth.
Representing Instituto Cultural Steve Biko, a Brazilian NGO focused on educational programs for the Black population, Victória shared her unique perspective as both a former student and current collaborator on various projects. This institute is also one of the organizations visited by students from the Portuguese Flagship Program at UGA during their summer program in Salvador, Bahia.
Victória and the institute were invited by the International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights, one of the event's organizers, and during her visit she also participated in a meeting with the Official of the High Commissioner for Brazil, Liliana Trillo Diaz, in which she could present the Instituto Cultural Steve Biko's initiatives.

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