Aaron Kisner / Courtesy of Vital Voices Alyse Nelson WOMEN IN THE WORLD 06.04.12 Panmela Castro: Saving Lives Through Graffiti In the new book 'Vital Voices' by Alyse Nelson, graffiti artist Panmela Castro and 31 other women describe how they change the world. Panmela Castro was a 25-year-old graffiti artist in Brazil—using the streets of Rio de Janeiro as her canvas—when she realized she could turn her artwork into a radical public forum for change. Artist Panmela Castro beside one of her murals in Brazil. ( Aaron Kisner / Courtesy of Vital Voices) The year was 2006, and the country had just passed a landmark law. The Maria da Penha law, named for a woman who was left paralyzed by domestic violence, recognized the physical abuse of women as a violation of human rights. It was the first law against domestic violence in Brazil—a country where such THE DAILY BEAST POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT WORLD NEWS U.S. NEWS
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Aaron Kisner / Courtesy of Vital Voices
AlyseNe lson
WO MEN IN TH E WO RLD 06 .04.1 2
Panmela Castro: Saving LivesThrough GraffitiIn the new book 'Vital Voices' by Alyse Nelson, graffiti ar tist PanmelaCastro and 31 other women describe how they change the world.
Panmela Castro was a 25-year-old graffiti artist in Brazil—using the streets of
Rio de Janeiro as her canvas—when she realized she could turn her artwork
into a radical public forum for change.
Artist Panmela Castro beside one of her murals in Brazil. ( Aaron Kisner / Courtesy ofVital Voices)
The year was 2006, and the country had just passed a landmark law. The
Maria da Penha law, named for a woman who was left paralyzed by domestic
violence, recognized the physical abuse of women as a violation of human rights.
It was the first law against domestic violence in Brazil—a country where such
T H E D AI LY B E AST PO LI T I C S E N T E R TAI N ME N T WO R LD N E WS U .S. N E WS
Panmela Castro is one woman who represents an emerging shift in leadership.
Her message and her medium ask us to re-imagine our conception of power.
Reprinted with permission from the publisher, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., from
Vital Voices: The Power of Women Leading Change Around the World by
Alyse Nelson. Copyright (c) 2012 by Vital Voices.
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