What works in Brazil
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Evidence snapshot for Brazil
Brazil has implemented several evidence-backed initiatives addressing violence, digital inclusion, and accessibility. Brazil's Maria da Penha Law achieved a 10% reduction in domestic-setting femicide rates over 2000–2011, establishing specialist courts and emergency protective orders cited as a model by UN Women and ECLAC. CDI/Recode's IT and citizenship schools have reached 1.9 million people cumulatively since 1995, with 69,306 served in Brazil in 2025, pairing computer literacy with civic education in low-income communities. VLibras embeds a free sign-language avatar across 120,000+ public websites to increase accessibility for deaf citizens, though the evidence strength on outcomes is not assessed. These practices demonstrate Brazil's policy commitment to gender-based violence prevention, digital equity, and accessibility, though quantified impact data beyond femicide reduction remains limited.
Drawn from: Brazil's Maria da Penha Law (Lei 11.340/2006) — Integrated Domestic Violence Protection Framework · CDI/Recode – Community IT & Citizenship Schools in Brazil's Favelas · VLibras — Brazil's Government-Run Sign-Language Avatar Embedded Across 120,000+ Public Websites · Hand Talk — AI Avatar Translator for Brazilian and American Sign Language · Centro de Recondicionamento de Computadores (CRC) — Belo Horizonte's Circular-Economy Digital Inclusion Hub · Internet Brasil – Free Mobile Broadband Chips for Low-Income Students · Juizados de Violência Doméstica e Familiar — Brazil's Special Domestic-Violence Courts under the Maria da Penha Law · Program H — Promundo's Gender-Transformative Curriculum for Young Men
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Evaluation evidence +21 pts 70 here · 49 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Sustainability +12 pts 90 here · 78 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +11 pts 38 here · 27 average
Scalability beyond pilot +9 pts 71 here · 62 average
Weaknesses
Impact on gender equality -12 pts 57 here · 70 average
Efficiency -17 pts 14 here · 32 average
Evaluated outcomes -21 pts 57 here · 78 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -23 pts 24 here · 47 average
Effectiveness -23 pts 43 here · 66 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Brazil. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Brazil's Maria da Penha Law (Lei 11.340/2006) — Integrated Domestic Violence Protection Framework · 96
CDI/Recode – Community IT & Citizenship Schools in Brazil's Favelas · 96
VLibras — Brazil's Government-Run Sign-Language Avatar Embedded Across 120,000+ Public Websites · 92
Hand Talk — AI Avatar Translator for Brazilian and American Sign Language · 92
Internet Brasil – Free Mobile Broadband Chips for Low-Income Students · 92
Program H — Promundo's Gender-Transformative Curriculum for Young Men · 89
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Brazil concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Bogotá's Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more