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Gabriela Silva Leite (1951 — 2013) was a Brazilian prostitute and activist in support of the rights of sex workers. She was the founder of the NGO, Davida, which derives its name from "Mulheres da Vida" (women of life), a term commonly used for prostitutes in Brazil, and of Daspu, a fashion brand for prostitutes.
Joyce Cavalccante is a Brazilian author of seven novels, plus several short stories and articles that today appear in eight anthologies. Cavalccante's writings focus on the plight of women in Brazil who live to pray, marry and die. [citation needed] She is the president of REBRA, the Brazilian Women Writers' Network.
Maria Firmina dos Reis (March 11, 1822 – November 11, 1917) was a Brazilian author. She is considered Brazil's first black female novelist. In 1859, she published her first book Úrsula, which is considered the first Brazilian abolitionist novel.
W hen the celebrated Brazilian author Marcelo Paiva started writing his 2015 memoir Ainda Estou Aqui (I’m Still Here), he wanted to record his family history as his mother, Eunice Paiva, started ...
Barreto was born in the municipality of Brejo de Areia, in the state of Paraíba in the north-east of Brazil, growing up in Catolé do Rocha in the same state. She left home at the age of 14, after facing domestic and sexual violence, working as a prostitute and travelling through several states, including the mining areas of Serra Pelada and Itaituba, in the mid-1950s. before settling in ...
But for the people of Brazil, Torres has been a household name — celebrated for her wit, fearless performances, and devotion to championing Brazilian stories on a global stage. In her native ...
The Eloá Pimentel hostage crisis, as it is known, refers to the October 2008 incident involving 15-year-old Brazilian girl Eloá Cristina Pimentel, who was kidnapped, [1] taken against her will and held hostage before being murdered by her 22-year-old ex-boyfriend, Lindemberg Alves. Additionally, Pimentel's friend, Nayara da Silva, was shot by ...
Maria Lucrécia Eunice Facciolla Paiva (November 7, 1929 – December 13, 2018) was a Brazilian lawyer and activist of the anti-military dictatorship movement in Brazil. [3] [4] [5] After losing her husband, the former federal deputy Rubens Paiva, to the Military Dictatorship then in force and which denied her any answers regarding his whereabouts, Eunice, also in the express need to ensure ...