Thainá Silva de Paula Theodoro
Thainá Silva de Paula Theodoro is a 19 year old Brazilian activist motivated by personal experiences with gender violence. Over her five years of experience in civic action, she has impacted over 170,000 people around the globe.
Whether she’s studying in the New York Times, doing an exchange in South Africa, or completing her undergraduate degree in the USA, you can see her passion for global citizenship. From leading national and international organisations, giving free English classes to low-income children and attending numerous training courses, Thainá realised that her focus is women’s rights. “For the ones that raised me, for the ones I see developing and for the ones that are yet to come, I see my legacy as opening doors and improving their quality of life.”
That's how in 2021, after a leadership academy — Global Citizen Year Academy — Sem Medo was born. A non-profit that teaches sex education with a Telegram Chatbot to youth in Brazil.
Because of her work at Sem Medo, she has obtained international recognition including as a Paris Women’s Forum Young Ambassador, UNICEF Youth Foresight Fellow finalist, MIT Solv[ED] Prototype Funding recipient and other opportunities.
One action you’d like people to do to help your work
“Research a societal or identity topic that you have preconceptions about.”