Instituto Entre Rodas e Batom

Instituto Entre Rodas transforms lives by contributing to the protagonism and empowerment of girls and women, develops actions to combat violence and violate the rights of children and adolescents with and without disabilities.
We bring in our DNA the greatness of the Declaration of Human Rights, Articles 6 and 7 of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which recognizes that women and girls with disabilities are subject to multiple forms of discrimination and will therefore take measures to to ensure to women and girls with disabilities the full and equal exercise of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and to ensure that children with disabilities fully enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with other children.
The IER, as a transformation agent of civil society, broadened the look and integrated into its DNA four Sustainable Development Objectives (ODS). Supporting in this way, compliance with Agenda 2030, proposed by the UN and Brazil is a signatory. ODS 4 (Quality Education), 5 (Gender Equality), 10 (Reducing inequalities) and 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) are now integrated into IER projects. Thus broadening the transversality of its action contemplating human rights.

WHY CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY?
The last demographic census conducted by the IBGE in 2010, identified that more than 45 million Brazilians have some deficiency. Of this contingent, 6.5 million are children and adolescents between 05 and 14 years of age. There are 120,000 children (aged between 5 and 14 years) who need a wheelchair in Brazil.
Of the universe of 45.6 million people with some type of disability, up to 5% do not practice sports. There is a lack of reliable data for exact numbers, so we have quoted this percentage to understand and give the dimension of our concern about the need to strengthen the practice of adapted motor activity in schools and to disseminate even more that, although not aimed at rehabilitating people with disabilities, the practice of physical activity provides physical, psychological and social rehabilitation. The most suitable places for the practice of the adapted motor activity are in the school, as well as in the sports and leisure centers that have qualified professionals.
A great social advance occurred with the entrance of children with disabilities in regular education, but many are still outside the sports courts due to lack of adequate equipment and accessibility in sports and leisure spaces. Another point is the lack or precarious qualification of the teachers of Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary Education.

WHY DONATE CUSTOM WHEEL CHAIRS?
In addition to that there are 120,000 children who need a wheelchair that meets the specifics of their disability we recognize that there are several associations that raise funds for the purchase of social wheelchairs and / or sports seats. The social chairs are those used on a daily basis and the sports seats are kept in the training centers or in the space of the association itself, thus limiting the access of the child or adolescent in physical education classes or even for the walk in parks. Generally teachers prefer to leave the child out of class because they believe that the social chair may break during activities. These chairs are heavy in relation to custom chairs and made with lighter products.
Our proposal: that children and adolescents enrolled in regular education and who have the physical conditions to practice physical education, can have their wheelchair made to measure and in lighter material that favors their mobility in the most different spaces, besides the sports court. Give the child or teenager the power to decide when to use your chair or not. Tailored wheelchair use improves the self-esteem of the disabled person by providing greater mobility and better conditions to participate in activities, achieving two important aspects: quality of life and respect for the right to come and go.

WHY A WHEELCHAIR DANCE TEAM?
Understanding that differences make us unique people, we must not only recognize and respect differences, identifying potentialities and limits, but mainly encourage "... the full development of human potential and a sense of dignity and self-esteem, in addition to strengthening respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and human diversity ... "(Decree-Law 6,949 of August 2009)
The process of inclusion, invigorated through art, can make possible a greater perception of the potentialities, capacities and possibilities that every human being possesses, from the moment the gaze goes beyond limitation, recognizing that there will be a greater chance of guaranteeing human and social rights to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities.
The wheelchair dance can be developed with joy, harmony for better fluency of movements providing improvement of self-confidence and self-esteem. Many people with disabilities present difficulties of communication and corporal expression, which often makes their participation unfeasible because the attitudinal barrier is present in the most different social spaces.
Recognized as a Paralympic mode by IPC - International Paralympics Committee, dance is one of the instruments of social inclusion and expression of the potentialities and capacities of people with disabilities.
BENEFITS:
Some research has identified that people with physical disabilities who practice wheelchair dance have:
1) Feeling of happiness: by the possibility of dancing, with visible improvement in their quality of life, physical and mental health;
2) Better relationship with one's own body: evidenced by the strengthening of self-esteem, increased independence, and increased self-confidence to perform daily life activities;
3) Better social relationship: expansion of the circle of friends and strengthening of the family nucleus providing better integration and social inclusion and the development of the perception of the limits of the other
4) Expand knowledge: go beyond communication and spontaneous artistic expression providing diverse experiences and new knowledge.

WHY WOMEN IN THE SITUATION OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY?
The family portrait has undergone changes over time in the face of economic situations that are a reflection of a developing country such as Brazil. Women are gaining more and more space in society, but they still have to deal with wage inequalities, domestic violence, harassment in the workplace, disrespect for their rights and their dignity as a human person. Interest in the issue of incarcerated women has grown internationally.
In 2003, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) invited "Governments, relevant international and regional bodies, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations to devote greater attention to the issue of imprisoned women, including the issue of in order to identify the key issues and the ways in which they can be addressed. " Following this movement, the Subcommittee on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights of the UN also initiated a general study on the issue of imprisoned women, including the issue of the children of these women. The imprisonment of women in the last 12 years has grown 256%, according to DEPEN. Currently, 7% of all prisoners in Brazil are women, which corresponds to something around 36 thousand inmates.
Another public that is part of the objectives of this project is represented by women graduates of the prison system who can not get a job replacement because of their criminal history and if they have a disability or old age, such relocation is impossible.
The Public Defender of the State of São Paulo, in partnership with the Special Secretariat for Women's Policies of the Presidency of the Republic, for the realization of the Project "Women incarcerated" identified that there are almost 12,000 women serving prison sentences in the entire State of São Paulo Paulo. In this contingent are 1,770 women who have a physical or sensory disability who are incarcerated. Few projects are designed to meet the needs of women who are graduates.
The high rate of school drop-out may be a reflection of the need to become the economic family foundation, especially among black girls. Another factor taken into account is the number of girls under the age of 14 who work in the labor market, especially in the urban areas of the Southeast and Northeast.
Women are victims of the social system for many factors and changing this reality goes through some steps like the rescue and strengthening of their identity and have financial autonomy to meet the basic needs of themselves and their dependents.
According to the UN, empowering women and promoting gender equity in all social and economic activities are guarantees for the effective strengthening of economies, boosting business, improving the quality of life of women, men and children, and sustainable development. In short, when a woman is empowered she collaborates with the transformation of an entire society.

WHY A PROGRAM OF INCOME GENERATION FOR WOMEN IN SOCIAL VULNERABILITY SITUATION?
The development of a Generation of Income program is for its participants to achieve autonomy and financial independence. Many women are unable to get a job because they are dedicated full time to the care of their sons and daughters who have a disability or illness. They depend on the public system for their children to have quality of life, whether in health care or in the donation of diapers, medicines, among others. However, the cost of the disability is higher than what is predicted by the public system and the vulnerability of these families is amplified.

"Unfortunately, the woman is heir to a history with immense conditions that, at different times, have made her path difficult: reduced to slavery, misrepresented in her prerogatives, often marginalized and ignored in her dignity."
Ronio Neves da Cunha Junior