Women, Amnesty and human rights during the Military Dictatorship in Brazil: a historiographical review

The present article conducts a literature review of academic contributions that analyze the so-called Amnesty Movements, particularly the Women's Amnesty Movement (MFPA) and the Brazilian Amnesty Committee (CBA). Directed chiefly by women, in the second half of the 1970s, these organizations fostered human rights' insertion in the Brazilian political agenda. Within this reflexive approach, the article brings together extensive bibliographic research that contributes to expanding our current understanding of the history of women's protagonism during the military dictatorship.