What does the 2nd Black Women's March in Brazil teach the African Diaspora?

First of all it's essential to remind that we are under the 2nd Internacional Decade for African Descent people recognized by UN which globally make us, people from the continent and diasporas, demand recognition, justice and development.

Besides, the Black women's March in Brazil is in its 2nd edition demanding reparation and good living and, the remarkable day took place on November 25, in Brasilia - the capital of Brazil, bringing together more than 300,000 black women from all across the country and also from abroad especially Caribbean and other South America countries.

It is crucial to point out that black women in Brazil account almost 28% of its total population. Therefore, there are by far the largest demographic group.

Historically, black women have been involved in the struggle for people's freedom, fighting for emancipation, caring for others, and providing them with all the conditions to achieve their needs. They have been responsible for the political, economic, cultural, and social sustenance of the country, but they have been left behind in terms of their own upward social mobility.

Black women in Brazil were instrumental in the constitutional success of Brazilian Constitution of 1888, raising awareness of the importance of self identification demographically speaking, grouping black and brown people. They were crucial to the affirmative action policies, and keep working hard to ensure the unified health system, just to name a few of the most powerful actions that resulted from their struggles.

Fighting for reparation and good living is necessary to achieve the dream of democracy since the rights and wellbeing benefit a very small group in our society today.

The struggle against colonialism ingrained in institutional forces was what led thousands of Black women to the streets this November, urgently demanding the right to live well, as they have historically done throughout these last centuries.