Brazil is known for having a liberal society, which often displays attitudes of sexual openness and freedom of expression. However, when it comes to LGBTI people, Brazilian society can be discriminatory and intolerant. LGBTI people face high levels of discrimination and homophobic violence, including extreme violence such as murder.
Learn about the impacts of the training in the lives and businesses of our beneficiaries and how we facilitated the participation of many LGBTQI entrepreneurs in small business fairs throughout the country.
Ian is a trans entrepreneur from Brazil who joined our training during the pandemic in the hopes of improving his business skills. Find out how he managed to expand his business, open his own vegan restaurant and increase his income more than 10 times in less than a year.
In August 2022 we concluded our 9th small business training in Brazil, breaking frontiers to increase support for LGBTQI entrepreneurs in the north of the country and with a greater age diversity.
Macuco, a lesbian craft beer business from the south of Brazil which managed to overcome the damages of the pandemic, boost their sales and expand their brand after attending our first Business Acceleration Programme, in partnership with Meta and Aliança Nacional LGBTI+.
Between September 2021 and April 2022, we held our first Business Acceleration Programme for LGBTQI entrepreneurs in Brazil, in partnership with Meta and Aliança Nacional LGBTI.
On May 2022, we started our 9th small business training for low-income LGBTQI people in Brazil. Find out how the selection process went and how we hope to support 42 entrepreneurs across all regions of the country, including the most vulnerable members of our community, in the development of their small businesses and improvement of livelihoods.
Wanessa is a trans woman living in poverty in Rio de Janeiro. After undertaking MRIF’s small business training in 2020, her life changed completely. Training enabled her to improve her skills, increase her income and overcome barriers and fears.
MRIF held its eighth training for low-income LGBTI entrepreneurs in Brazil between April and July 2021. Giving hope to our beneficiaries amid the pandemic and increased support networks for LGBTI entrepreneurs across the country.
MRIF started its 8th small business course for low-income LGBTI entrepreneurs in Brazil. This was our first online course with participants from across the country and the demand for places was unprecedented.
As inscrições para o curso estão abertas até 24/04/2022
In August 2020, Micro Rainbow International Foundation ran an online survey to better understand the impact of Covid-19 on our beneficiaries and other low-income LGBTI entrepreneurs in Brazil.
MRIF held its first online training for low-income LGBTI entrepreneurs in Brazil between June and August 2020. Find out how the training enabled participants to mitigate negative impacts of Covid-19 in their businesses and personal lives.
Online training for Brazilian LGBTI entrepreneurs in poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Four students from Micro Rainbow International Foundation’s small business training in Brazil were able to launch three new social businesses thanks to a crowd-funding campaign organised by our partner All Out.
The impact of MRIF’s 6th small-business course for LGBTI entrepreneurs in Rio de Janeiro and how it contributed to their socio-economic empowerment amid Brazil’s crisis.
The impact of the election of a far-right and homophobic president in Brazil on the LGBTI community, particularly on those living in poverty.
Aiming to meet the requests from our own beneficiaries, MRI Brazil held the first intensive digital marketing course for LGBTI small entrepreneurs in Rio de Janeiro in April 2018.
Graduation of 27 LGBTI people from the 5th entrepreneurship course run by Micro Rainbow Brazil exclusively for low-income LGBTI people.
To celebrate Transgender Visibility Month, we share the story of a trans activist who joined our small business course and became a member of our Brazil team.
Individual case studies from Brazil
An infographic overview of the Brazil project from 2015 to 2017
Micro Rainbow launches a pioneering publication, “LGBT Entrepreneurship: case studies of socioeconomic empowerment in Rio de Janeiro between 2015-2017”.
The Micro Rainbow Brazil Project received the Láurea CAF 2017 award, which acknowledges the best initiatives in support of micro entrepreneurship in Brazil promoted by
Launch of a report entitled “LGBT people living in poverty in Rio de Janeiro” on the occasion of the International Human Rights Conference of World Pride in Toronto (Canada) 2014.
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