From Margins to Power: Resistance Leadership by Brazilian Women’s Collective Candidates

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In this talk, Dr Carla Penha Vasconcelos will outline the transformative impact of collective candidacies on Brazil’s political representation. She will draw on the experience of Juntas feminist collective that held office from 2018–2022, to explore a resistance leadership practice involved in moving people from the margins to the centre of formal political power. This practice works via a feminist and intersectional political mandate with the participation of diverse bodies, identities, and voices of civil society. Importantly, Juntas is explored as a platform to resist traditional leadership, a unique model for future women’s collective candidacies, and a varied and intersectional example that can motivate critical leadership researchers to explore Global South leadership knowledge and practice.