This project investigates how Brazilian black women, placed in Black women’s organizations, have promoted political interventions in the health field, especially in reproductive health. These political strategies have been both based on and influenced by processes of racial and political identity formation rooted in African traditions (such as community organizing and religion). Black women’s political intervention seeks to articulate an autonomous political leadership role and demonstrates their belief in their own contribution as being unique and relevant to Brazilian society. This proposal will analyze the process of black women’s political identity in Brazil on the basis of Black Women’s NGOs political intervention in public health policymaking processes. Black Women’s NGOs, the main subject of analysis here, are a recent development in Brazil’s black political organizing. These organizations’ structures, functioning and internal tensions are an important dimension of black women’s political role in 21st century Brazil. Although broad-based and with a diverse body of activists, there seems to be a cohesive identity that has allowed coalition building around common issues and demands, such as black people’s health; hence the relevance of understanding Black Women’s NGOs internal configurations.