Rape Victims in Brazil Who Abort Can Get 20 Years in Jail, Double of What a Rapist Would Get
Abortion is illegal in Brazil with only three exceptions: risk to the life of ...
Congressman and Former Rio Police Chief Arrested for Ordering Councilwoman Marielle Franco’s Murder
A Congressman and a former Rio de Janeiro police chief were arrested Sunday in ...
Brazilian Justice Rules Robinho Will Serve Italian Nine-year Rape Sentence in Brazil
Brazilian judges have ruled to uphold former footballer Robinho’s Italian rape conviction, adding that ...
Woman Married to Woman Entitled to Paternity Leave When Companion Gives Birth, Rules Brazil Supreme
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled that non-pregnant women in same-sex unions are entitled ...
Religious Extremism and Intolerance Give Way to Renewed Human Rights in Brazil
The result of Brazil’s election last October was a cause for celebration for many ...
Janja, Lula’s Wife, Will Give a New Meaning to First Lady
The future first lady of Brazil, Rosângela Lula da Silva, nicknamed Janja, will work ...
Close to 5000 Black Women Are Running for Office in Brazil. A record
Juliana Mittelbach, a 40-year-old hospital nurse from the city of Curitiba, Brazil, had long ...
Elza Soares: Brazil’s Voice of the Millennium Goes Silent
Elza Soares, one of the most revered singers in Brazilian samba music, died at ...
Brazilian Women Spearhead Initiatives to Address Gender-Based Violence
In Brazil, women are at huge risk of violence, especially if they are minorised ...
Why Women’s Casual Sex Is Seen So Negatively by Male and Female?
F. Scott Fitzgerald famously called the Roaring Twenties – which happened on the heels ...
