Mariana Ara¨²jo is an independent journalist with more than ten years of experience based in S?o Paulo, Brazil. She obtained her bachelor¡¯s degree in social communications and journalism from Faculdade C¨¢sper L¨ªbero. She has been part of newsrooms at UOL, Edi??es Globo Cond¨¦ Nast, and Grupo Abril, and has experience reporting on a broad range of subjects. Her focus is the coverage of gender issues, women's rights violations, and the implications of geopolitical shifts on human rights.