The 4th March of the Daisies brought together, in Brasília, on August 16th and 17th, 2011, around 100 thousand women.

The March of Daisies is an initiative of Brazilian women, rural and forest workers, who joined the World March of Women against Poverty and Violence. The first March of Daisies took place in Brasília and brought together 20,000 women. The event’s name is a tribute to Margarida (Daisy) Maria Alves (1943-1983), the first woman to hold the position of President of the Union of Rural Workers of Alagoa Grande, Paraíba State. Margarida stood out in the struggles for the rights of rural workers, for land reform and against violence in rural areas. She was brutally gunned down on August 12, 1983, in a murder ordered by landholders of the region.

 Portrait of Elizabeth Teixeira, peasant leader, activist of the Peasant Leagues, who took over the leadership of the Leagues after the death of peasant leader João Pedro Teixeira, her companion, murdered on April 2, 1962.

On the right, Carmen Foro, director of Contag’s Department of Rural Women Workers (2005/2013) and coordinator of the March of Daisies, 2007, and 2011; and Raimunda Damascena, director of Contag’s Department of Rural Women Workers (1997/2005) and coordinator of the March of Daisies, 2000, and 2003.