Uma cartilha para mulheres vítimas de assédio sexual online foi desenvolvido por Arienny Carina Ramos Souza, de 23 anos, graduanda em Ciências Biológicas no Instituto Federal do Pará. Durante a sua pesquisa acadêmica, ela chegou à conclusão de que mulheres negras e de baixa renda são as principais vítimas desse tipo de crime.
Recentemente, Arienny received the 30th “Jovens Cientistas” award, sponsored by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) and the Fundação Roberto Marinho, alongside other researchers, reiterating that the objects studied came from community-driven transformation and service to the community.
The 23-year-old was the first place winner in the “Estudante do Ensino Superior” category. When she received the award, she mentioned that it was a great feeling, given her humble origin, and particularly because she was the first person in her family to attend higher education.
Her work stemmed from her frustration after cases of sexual harassment by professors against female students, and she aimed to create a resource that could help female victims of online harassment. The cartilha is designed to help women identify themselves as victims of online harassment.
Other young researchers recognized in the award include Bernardo Souza Cordeiro, 19, from a public institution, who developed a device for producing an agroecological defense system, and Wenderson Rodrigues, 30, also from a public institution, who developed sensors and equipment for public health, food security, and climate monitoring.
Ricardo Galvão, president of the CNPq, praised the young researchers, highlighting that it is essential to encourage them in their work, saying, “We have to consider these young people as beacons for others to develop. They are beacons for people to believe that they can make science and technology and be recognized for it.”
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Luciana Santos, lamented that the award had ceased to exist during the previous government, calling it “nefarious” that scientific research was being undervalued.
“This is nourishing the unknown, the ignorance, the unwillingness to understand,” she said.
According to the minister, it is imperative to promote and popularize science to overcome obscurantism.
Other notable awardees include Maysa dos Santos, 18, who developed an alternative microscope for high school students in the Xingu region of Pará, using 3D printing and discarded lenses from 3D reality glasses, and João Victor, who developed a device to produce a defense system for agroecology.
