Public policies
Pregnancy
Deaths during pregnancy or childbirth
Approximately one-third of women worldwide do not undergo four of the eight recommended prenatal tests
By Redação
GENDER
Women face obstacles to promotion in Brazilian public services
Brazil occupies a modest position among Latin American countries when it comes to gender equality at senior levels
By Diego Viana
Research itineraries
The scientific method outside academia
Biologist Pedro Ferreira Develey continues his research by observing birds
INTERVIEW
Marta Maria Azevedo: In defense of native peoples
Brazilian demographer and anthropologist Marta Azevedo was a pioneer in identifying the phenomenon of population recovery among Brazil's Indigenous peoples
By Christina Queiroz and Maria Guimarães
Environment
The dangers of mining in Indigenous areas
Federal government proposes increasing mining on Indigenous lands in the Amazon
By Redação
FAPESP – 60 YEARS
Beyond borders
In its six decades, São Paulo’s FAPESP has helped to strengthen Brazil’s broader science, technology, and innovation ecosystem
RETROSPECT
The utopian torch
The hundredth anniversary celebration for Darcy Ribeiro highlights the anthropologist's contribution to sociology and education
By Diego Viana
COVID-19
Pollution exacerbates COVID-19
Study by the University of São Paulo warns of the influence of sociodemographic and environmental variables on how people recover from COVID-19
By Redação
GOOD PRACTICES
Battle against institutional racism in science
Research-funding organizations struggle to meet commitments to combat discrimination