Municipal Council for Women’s Rights discusses policies aimed at women’s health

PUBLIC HEARING

The meeting took place at the Women’s Rights Reference Center (CRDM), in the Center-South area of ​​Manaus

Manaus (AM) – Manaus City Hall, through the Municipal Council for Women’s Rights (CMDM), held, this Thursday (25), the 1st Public Hearing on Women’s Health, with the theme “Advances and Challenges in Women’s Health in the municipality of Manaus”. The meeting took place at the Women’s Rights Reference Center (CRDM), in the Center-South area of ​​Manaus.

Representatives of all Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and municipal departments that have a seat on the council participated in the meeting, to discuss data collected, services offered and public policies developed in the capital by the Municipal Health Department (Semsa).

“As a social control body, we have the duty to monitor public policies developed in the city of Manaus, in this case policies aimed at women’s health. Today, as part of this inspection process, we heard from municipal health representatives so that we can draw a general overview of women’s health in Manaus, discuss our main challenges and evaluate new proposals for advancing these policies”,

highlighted Graça Prola, president of CMDM and undersecretary of Affirmative Policies for Women and Human Rights at the Municipal Secretariat for Women, Social Assistance and Citizenship (Semasc).

Head of the Women’s Health Care Division at Semsa, nurse Lúcia Freitas highlighted the importance of joint action between members of public authorities and civil society to qualify the health services offered to the Manaus population in situations of social vulnerability.

“Participating in a public hearing focused on women’s health is very important for Semsa, as this is how we are able to work with the city’s CSOs and communities served by these institutions, developing and expanding the work we already carry out on a daily basis”,

he stated.

Silvana Colares, founder and president of the Célia Colares Women’s Support Reference Center (Cramer), approved the purpose of the meeting and also highlighted its importance for the women served by her institution.

“We have many positive things to take away from this meeting, a lot to learn and a lot to rethink about the way we integrate health policies into our work”,

highlighted.

*With information from consultancy

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