Gender equity in public and private institutions and the promotion of the exchange of experiences about the role of women in leadership positions were issues discussed at their energy Energy Meeting: Female Empowerment in the institutions, held on Friday night (8), by Petrobras in the City of Arts, Barra da Tijuca (RJ), west of Rio.
Among the female authorities present at the event were the first lady in Brazil, Janja Lula da Silva, the president of Petrobras, Magda Chambriard, and the ministers of racial equality, Anielle Franco; Management and Innovation in Public Services, Esther Dweck; Science, Technology and Innovation, Luciana Santos.
This is the first time Petrobras has been a female majority towards the company. Of the total of nine administration members, five are women.
“The new composition of the Petrobras Executive Board represents the company’s commitment to diversity and gender equity and reinforces its vanguard position in the Brazilian market,” said Petrobras in a statement.
Magda Chambriard stressed that currently only three companies listed on B3 has CEO Woman: Petrobras, Banco do Brasil and Fleury lab. “This is also what we are celebrating here,” he said, adding that in 1962 women needed their father or husband’s permission to work, a different situation from the current one. She also said that the state -owned company has also evolved in the racial issue and gave as an example Marcia Cristina, the first black woman to command a refining unit.
Rio de Janeiro (RJ), 06/18/2025 -Petrobras President Magda Chambriard, Photo -Argument: Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil – Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil
The company’s president listed Petrobras’ transitions that, besides the genre and race, has energy. “When we talk about fair energy transition we talk about the transition of our people. We don’t want to leave anyone behind,” he said.
First lady
Speaking during the meeting, First Lady Janja Lula da Silva defended the greater participation of women in the National Congress, highlighting the importance of greater presence of women in the legislature.
“Don’t give up because we need more women in parliament so that the laws voted to guarantee us what we need,” he said. “There is no future without us. There is no future without our participation, without our eyes and for me the future is feminine,” he added.
Janja also said he sees the very masculine corporate world, citing the electricity sector, where he worked and faced gender prejudices.
“There, on the basis of fieldwork, on a daily basis, we felt gender violence, moral violence from bosses against us. We resisted and today we have completely transformed companies like Petrobras is, with more women and more solidarity, ”he said.
“There is no fraternal and just world without the presence of women because we are the ones who transform and bring a look carefully, with love, more affection, but also a look of competence of administration and management,” he added.
Tribute to Arlindo Cruz
In his speech, the first lady honored the singer and songwriter Arlindo Cruz, who died this Friday (8), in Rio de Janeiro. Janja declared some verses of the song O Bem, composed by the sambista in 2011, in partnership with Délcio Luiz. When she finished, she added, “Arlindo Cruz you will be missed.”
