Tag: children

Brazil’s Model Law Not Enough to Protect Children, Says Expert

Despite its progress in relation to other countries, Brazil still has a long way ...

Brazil Says Child Sex Is Serious Matter. Crime Involves Authorities and Elites.

Sexual exploitation of children continues to be a serious problem in Brazil, "reaching worrisome ...

Sentinel, a Brazilian Program to Fight Child Sex Abuse

Through tomorrow, July 20, Brazil’s state and municipal coordinators of the Sentinel Program are ...

Brazil Drafts National Health System to Help Fight Child Labor

Starting today, the fight against child labor will count on the assistance of workers ...

Naomi Gathers Friends to Promote and Help Brazil

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received Tuesday, April 26, at the Planalto ...

With 2 Million Kids Working Brazil Promises End to Child Labor

Since 1996 the Brazilian government has been able to rescue 930 thousand working children ...

Most Kids in Brazil’s Shelters Are Not Orphans. 87% Have Family.

What is referred to as structural violence is the main reason that Brazilian children ...

Task Brasil, 13 Years Helping Brazil’s Street Kids

Since its establishment as a UK charity in 1992, The Task Brasil Trust has ...

Half of Brazilian Children Live on Less than US$ 1.5 a Day

Between four and five of every ten children in Brazil are poor. 27.4 million ...

Law Not Enough to Solve Brazil Kids’ Plight

The United Nations Committee on Children’s Rights says that Brazil has made progress in ...