FLÁVIA MELO DA CUNHA

She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of São Paulo (USP) and a master's degree from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), in addition to a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM). She has been a professor at the latter institution since 2009. She was affiliated with the Institute of Nature and Culture (2010-2020) and is now part of the faculty of the Department of Anthropology and the Graduate Programs in Social Anthropology and Sociology at the Institute of Philosophy, Human Sciences, and Social Sciences at UFAM. She was also a permanent faculty member of the Graduate Program in Public Security, Citizenship, and Human Rights at the University of the State of Amazonas (2012-2021). Between 2022 and 2024, she was part of the Research Chamber of the Foundation for Research Support of the State of Amazonas (FAPEAM) and, in the 2023-2024 biennium, was part of the board of the Brazilian Association of Anthropology (ABA). She is currently a member of the ABA Human Rights Commission, coordinator of the Gender Violence Observatory in Amazonas (OVGAM), and participant in a transdisciplinary network dedicated to gender and intersectionality studies.Her research focuses on gender, sexuality, and intersectionality, with an emphasis on violence, the rights of women and LGBTQIA+ individuals, public policies for social protection, and border dynamics in the Amazon region. She has extensive experience in national and international research projects, with a focus on inter-institutional initiatives and transdisciplinary approaches.Among her key projects are the INCT Violence, Power, and Public Security (UFC/CNPq), the Financialization Technologies Network (UFSCAR/CNPq), and the Cosmopolitics of Care at the End of the World: Gender, Borders, and Pluri-epistemic Agency with Collective Health (USP/FAPESP). Since 2018, she has worked closely with the Department of Indigenous Women of the Rio Negro (DMIRN/FOIRN). Additionally, she serves as a consultant for the National Human Rights Council (CNDH). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)