US EditionBrazil’s Lula signs law to expand affirmative action, boosting quotas for Blacks in government jobs
- President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a new law on Tuesday that expands affirmative action policies in Brazil's federal government jobs.
- This law builds on a 2014 quota approved by Congress under Dilma Rousseff, aiming to address ongoing low representation of Blacks and Indigenous people.
- The quota for Black government job candidates increases from 20% to 30%, while Indigenous people and descendants of enslaved Afro-Brazilians are newly included as beneficiaries.
- Lula emphasized the need for the country's public institutions to eventually mirror the diversity of its population, while Minister Esther Dweck highlighted that low minority representation in public service has persisted due to limited new government job openings over the past decade.
- The law, applying across federal agencies and state-run companies, will be reviewed in 2035 and aims to improve inclusion given Blacks and mixed-race people formed 55% of Brazil's population but remain under-represented.
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Brazil's Lula signs law to expand affirmative action, boosting quotas for Blacks in government jobs
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a new law to expand the country’s affirmative action policies.
President Lula da Silva has signed a new law that expands affirmative action policies in Brazil. The quota of public jobs for Black people rises from 20% to 30% and includes indigenous people and descendants of enslaved Afro-Brazilians. Although progress has been made since the law of 2014, Black and mestizo people remain under-represented and hold lower-wage positions. The government recognizes that much remains to be done to reflect the racial…
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