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Thousands of women protested on Saturday against a bill advancing in Brazil's conservative Congress that would equate abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy to homicide and establish sentences of ...
Of the 74,930 people who were victims of rape in Brazil in 2022, 61.4% were under 14 years old, according to a 2023 study of the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety, an independent group that tracks ...
The formation of women's police units and a federally funded hotline to serve victims of gender violence have significantly advanced the protections offered to women in Brazil, though domestic violence in Brazil remains prevalent and thus a major obstacle in attaining equal rights for women. [57]
The number of clandestine abortions taking place in Brazil is a controversial subject which divides anti-abortion and abortion rights activists. [13] A study published by the International Journal of Women's Health in 2014, estimated that in Brazil about 48 thousand clandestine abortions occurs annually. [14]
OPINION: Historically, Black women have always dominated food preparation in Brazil, and now, Black female chefs are moving into the culinary mainstream in Rio. The post Black women finally ...
Human trafficking in Brazil is an ongoing problem. Brazil is a source country for men, women, girls, and boys subjected to human trafficking, specifically forced prostitution within the country and abroad, as well as a source country for men and boys in forced labor within the country. The United States Department of Homeland Security ...
Promulgated by Brazil's National Sports Council (Conselho Nacional de Desportos, or "CND"), Decree Law 3199 effectively prohibited Brazilian women from participating in organized sports of any kind, including but not limited to track, baseball, rugby, polo, boxing, and—perhaps most significantly—soccer. Soccer ("football," outside of the ...
A Brazilian woman has been arrested in connection with the murder of an American businessman who went on holiday to Rio de Janeiro earlier this month. Letícia Clara Bento da Silva, 23, was ...