Our June event was about Matriarchy and we had the talented storyteller Mariana Barbosa, a journalist and recently working in the communication department of a start-up. She is also part of Chicas Poderosas, a global community that exists to empower women in media. In this talk, Mariana shared with us what she feels about matriarchy and how her experiences led her to construct those ideas.
“Matriarchy starts every time a woman is born.” she said. And what a statement! This is such a beautiful view of matriarchy and female power. Mariana believes everyone has personal constellations that, in her life experience, also led to this constant women’s presence and inspiration. She comes from a matriarchal family which was a huge boost to value women’s power. Then, also friends, daughters if so, idols, people we want to be and even ourselves. All these constellations inspire us and motivate each other in our daily life to feel empowered and help empower other womens.
And talking about matriarchy always makes some people think that women want to be above men. But it’s not that. To Mariana, matriarchy must be about equality between women and men in terms of opportunities and justice. And to achieve that we, as a society, still have a lot of work to do. To close this talk, Mariana shared three conclusions:
- Matriarchy is empowerment.
- Matriarchy is to help each other.
- Matriarchy as an equality strategy.
Thank you Mariana for your honest and true shares about this theme. I believe we all are more connected to the importance of valuabling women around us, in our daily lives. And we all need to do something to reach that equality that is so needed!
Photos by Sónia Ramalho
Originally published here.
