"Women, Justice and Power” is a featured panel at the Congress of Jurists

The transformation of the justice system based on equity and the female gaze will be one of the points addressed during the Congress of Jurists of Alagoas. Promoted by the Union of Lawyers of the State of Alagoas (Sindav/AL), the event will take place on the 21st and 22nd of this month, at the Hotel Jatiúca, and will feature the panel "Women, Justice and Power: the gender perspective in the transformation of the Judiciary". Registration for the Sindav/AL event can be made via the link: https://doity.com.br/congresso-de-juristas-comunic. The debate table, which will be composed exclusively of women, takes place on the second day of the Congress of Jurists of Alagoas, and will be attended by Maria José Vasconcelos, president of the Brazilian Association of Women in the Legal Career (ABMCJ/AL); Eliana Machado, judge at the Court of Justice of Alagoas (TJ/AL); and Lídia Malta Prata Lima, prosecutor at the Public Ministry of the State of Alagoas (MPE/AL). The president of ABMCJ/AL, Maria José Vasconcelos, highlighted the relevance of the panel that will feature her participation and that of other great jurists. "Bringing together a panel made up exclusively of women to debate the gender perspective in the Judiciary is an essential step. We are not just occupying spaces, we are showing that the structural transformation of Justice necessarily passes through our eyes and our voices. It is an indispensable topic for the construction of a more egalitarian system", he stated. Maria José Vasconcelos - president ABMCJ AL Personal archive In addition to the debate focused on gender and power, the Congress program will feature high-level discussions on the future of law. The opening keynote lecture, on the 21st, will address the theme "Designing the Legal Future", under the command of two nationally and internationally renowned people from Alagoas: the lawyer Nabor Bulhões and the minister of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), Humberto Martins. According to Elias Ferreira, president of Sindav/AL, the event ends the Advocacy Month celebrations in style. "Bringing a 100% female panel to debate the gender perspective shows that Sindav/AL is aligned with the most modern and urgent discussions of law. The Union reaffirms its commitment to combating gender inequalities, opening paths and valuing the strength, intellect and leadership of our state's lawyers, judges and prosecutors", said the president. President Elias Ferreira Cadu Jose The program on the 22nd will also feature the Criminal Law panel, bringing together lawyers Raimundo Palmeira and Welton Roberto and federal judge Rosmar Alencar; and with the Social Security Law panel, debating