Brazil
Mass Sexual Harassment – Caught on Tape in Brazil
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“A woman’s place is wherever she wants, including a stadium.”
Zika virus
Scientist Who Mapped U.S. Zika Risk Now Working on Awareness App
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“Most of us in the U.S. are lucky to be in the periphery,” says Kacey Ernst, an epidemiologist. “But of course with sexual transmission it doesn’t matter where you live.”
Brazil
In Domestic Violence, No Incident Is Too Minor
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It starts with black eyes and broken fingers and moves up the ladder to the crimes that make the news. By prosecuting lower level crimes and addressing intimate partner violence before it escalates, we will save women’s lives around the world.
Work
New York’s Brazilians Fill Erotic Dancing Niche
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Many middle-class Brazilian female immigrants in New York City have turned to erotic dancing to support themselves, says Suzana Maia in her book, “Transnational Desires: Brazilian Erotic Dancers in New York.” In this excerpt, she explores why.
Health & Science
Brazil’s Unsafe Abortions Impede Development Goal
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Brazil is on track to improve its maternal health statistics by 2015, one of the Millennium Development Goals. But the widespread problem of unsafe abortion, which affects a million women each year, stands in the way.
Work
Brazilian ‘Daisies’ Press Rights of Rural and Forest Labor
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Brazilian women who work in rural areas and forests are pressing their campaign for legal and land rights. Last month, President Dilma Rousseff, a self-proclaimed ally, promised them floating health clinics for rural rivers and stronger enforcement of labor standards.
Arts & Culture
Marriage Equality Spreads Pride in New York
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New York’s legalization of same-sex marriage set off euphoric celebrations this week. It also offers a chance to showcase the political backing of those in the 18-34 age bracket.
Crime & Law
Gender Violence Now a ‘Public Matter’ in Brazil
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Domestic violence incidences in Brazil have decreased slightly during the past decade, but a slight dip is not what advocates had in mind. A 2006 law defined domestic violence clearly, with unexpected consequences.
Books
WuDunn and Kristof Say Century Belongs to Women
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In “Half the Sky,” Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas Kristof add popular storytelling power to the 15-year-old international-policy argument for lifting women’s oppression. The authors call it the century’s greatest moral challenge.
Arts & Culture
Vatican Expulsion Should Start Outcast Honor Roll
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A Brazilian archbishop’s decision to excommunicate the mother of a 9-year-old rape victim who had an abortion, as well as the girl’s doctor, outrages Anne Eggebroten. She says Catholic leaders need to revisit their own religious teachings.