Tag: violence
For Women Brazil Is a Paradise. A Shame It’s Only on Paper.
Brazil’s legal protection of women’s rights has been praised by the Inter-American Commission on ...
It’s Cultural. Police Alone Will Not Solve Violence, Says Brazil’s Lula
Brazilians angered by gang violence that rocked South America’s largest city demonstrated across the ...
Brazilians Take to the Streets Against Violence and Corruption
Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets of the country’s main cities on Sunday ...
In Brazil, a Husband Can Never Be a Rapist
A study entitled "The Brazilian Women in the Public and Private Spheres" drawn up ...
Brazil: 44 Women Killed by Their Partners in Recife, in One Month
The head of Brazil’s Special Secretariat for Women Policies, Minister Nilcéa Freire, says that ...
In Lawless Brazil Mob Execution Has Become Part of Daily Life
While today’s democratic period in Brazil was initially hailed in the late 1980s as ...
Majority of Brazilians Think Violence and Poverty Are Getting Worse
The 80th CNT/Sensus poll reports that 78.8% of the 2,000 people it interviewed in ...
Amnesty Launches International Campaign Against Brazil’s Police Violence
Postcards with photographs of the armored cars popularly referred to as caveirões (big skulls), ...
In Brazil, Violence Is Resposible for 68% of Deaths of Male Youths
Although the number of men in Brazil who died violent deaths between 2002 and ...
Brazilian Youth Want Jobs and End to Violence
Around 30% of the Brazilian population is composed of youth between the ages of ...
