Projects
Past, present and future…
Elected
Eleitas is a co-production between Instituto Update, Maria Farinha Filmes, Quebrando o Tabu and Spray Content. The series consists of 3 episodes – Cultural Change, Gender Violence and Parity, based on the study “Eleitas: a project on women in politics” carried out by the Update Institute.
Im.pulsa
Plural, open and free political learning community and platform dedicated to helping diverse women enter and remain in Latin American institutional politics. Im.pulsa contributes to political representation and the democratization of political and electoral learning for diverse women.
Card game
The result of a year of research and production, the Jogo de Cartas podcast investigates the historic participation of women in the 1988 Constitution and debates the role of women in the past and present of Brazilian democracy. Jogo de Cartas is a Deezer original produced by Rádio Novelo in partnership with the Update Institute.
Women in Dialogue
A project that researches what Brazilian women think about feminisms and proposes the creation of new strategies for articulating women’s needs and diversities in order to generate constructive dialogues around common values and expand women’s rights and political participation in Brazil.
More information soon.
+Representativeness
Training and research program that seeks to increase the presence of black, indigenous and LGBTQIA+ women committed to social and climate justice, with a gender and race perspective, in spaces of power, subsidizing the ecosystem of initiatives for women’s political participation.
Latin America Network
Project that aims to facilitate and energize a community of exchange and learning between leaders of organizations in Latin America and Africa on the advances, challenges and strategies for achieving racial and gender equality in politics.
More information soon.
Learn about our journey so far:
2014
Movements of discontent with traditional politics in Brazil and Latin America are the starting point for the Update project.
2015
Study Political Emergency Trends.
2016
From project to Institute: Update is officially founded.
2017
Latin America Political Emergency Study.
Political Series: How to Use in partnership with GloboNews and Maria Farinha Filmes.
2018
Peripheries Political Emergency Study – Brazil
Political Series: How to Use in partnership with GloboNews and Maria Farinha Filmes
#NãoValeTudo project
Liane Platform
Democratic Training Project
Podcast on new political practices in partnership with Quebrando o Tabu
2019
Innovation Office 1st edition – Brazil
Occupy Politics – Colombia
Whose Democracy? – Brazil
2020
Elected Women Study and Series – Women in Politics – Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico
Fermenta Project – Brazil
Im.pulsa Platform – Brazil and Chile
VotaxNosotras – Chile
+Representativeness Survey – 2020 Elections Brazil
2021
NuestrasCartas Project – Chile
Innovation Cabinet 2nd Edition – Political and socio-environmental agenda – Brazil
Im.pulsa Platform – Mexico, Colombia and Argentina
Occupy Politics 2.0 – Colombia
+Representativeness Survey – Electoral Reforms Brazil
Study Young People in Power – Brazil
2022
Book Feminism in Dispute – Brazil
Innovation Office 3rd Edition – Climate emergency in cities
+Representativeness Training – Black and anti-racist initiatives
+Representativeness Training – Indigenous
+Representativeness Survey – Elections 2022
Im.pulsa Todas – Elections 2022
2023
Jogo de Cartas Podcast in partnership with Deezer and Rádio Novelo
Continuing the actions of +Representativeness Training in Brazil
+Representativeness and Im.pulsa Training – Mexico
+Representativeness and Im.pulsa Training – Colombia