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SUBMIT Last month, graጌteiras Panmela Castro and Artha Baptista from our former Grantee Partner Rede Nami paid a visit to the Mama Cash oጌce. Rede Nami uses graጌti and street art in Rio de Janeiro to promote women’s rights. Their reason for visiting? They wanted to brighten up our cantina with a beautiful graጌti mural. Mama Cash supported Rede Nami in 2011 and 2012. It was the ጌrst grant Rede Nami ever received. Panmela Castro, founder of Rede Nami, told us in an interview: “It was the ጌrst time someone believed in our work, and made it happen.” Rede Nami hosts graጌti workshops in schools, organisations, businesses, and especially in disadvantaged communities where this art form is used as a tool for communication. By doing so, they create awareness, promote gender equality, and aim to end violence against women. Rede Nami also advocates for adolescent girls’ and young women’s access to sexual and reproductive health services and information. When Rede Nami applied for a grant, it was initially to ጌnance these workshops: