Tag: violence

Brazilian Youth Want Jobs and End to Violence

Around 30% of the Brazilian population is composed of youth between the ages of ...

Unemployment and Violence Two Main Worries of Brazil’s Youth

Young people in Brazil, between the ages of 15 and 24, are mainly worried ...

For UNICEF, War Against Child Abuse in Brazil Needs United Front

Activities to combat violence in Brazil are in need of a common basis of ...

Sex Abuse Against Kids in Brazil Is Usually All in the Family

Brazil’s Committee on Sexual Violence against Children (Comitê Nacional de Enfrentamento da Violência Sexual ...

Infant Mortality Falls in Brazil While Killing of Youngsters Shoots Up

Violence affects Brazilian children and adolescents in different ways. Consequently, different instruments and programs ...

Brazil’s Congress Front Calls Ban on Weapons Stupidity and Incompetence

The strategy of Brazil’s Parliamentary Front for the Right to Self-Defense is to convince ...

Brazil to Enlist Doctors in Fight Against Child Abuse

In Brazil, approximately 81% of the childbeating cases that arrive in hospitals are caused ...

In Violent Brazil, Women Are Safer on the Street than at Home

In Brazil, every 15 seconds, a woman suffers violence in the home. Yet, Brazil ...

Killings in Brazil and the Blame-it-on-the-poor Syndrome

The Constitution of Brazil says, in its Article 5, that Brazilians and foreigners residing ...