Talking Female Circumcision Out of Existence
There is nothing more difficult than changing entrenched cultural practices, especially those as shrouded in taboos as female genital cutting.
Bruna Barros is the current Executive Director of RenovaBR and has +15 years of experience in consulting and auditing companies, public sector and third sector. She holds a BA in Accounting from FECAP, an MBA in International Business from BI International, 2 executive specializations in public policies (SIPA / Columbia and SAIS / Johns Hopkins) and a master’s degree in Public Policy at Insper (2023). Was Special Advisor on Competitiveness, Productivity and Entrepreneurship and Undersecretary of Entrepreneurship and Microcredit of the State of São Paulo. She is also Fiscal Board to Legisla Brasil and the Grupo Mulheres do Brasil, and is fellow from political and leadership organizations as Movimento Acredito, RAPS, RenovaBR, ProLíder of Instituto Four, and the Public Policy Committee of the Grupo Mulheres do Brasil. Her purpose is to to help strengthen democracy and public policies that matters for society.
There is nothing more difficult than changing entrenched cultural practices, especially those as shrouded in taboos as female genital cutting.
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