Meet the NGO with the Key to Cleaning the Famed Guanabara Bay [IMAGES]
On the northern edge of Nova Iguaçu in the Baixada Fluminense lies the district of Tinguá, home to roughly 5,000 people, waterways that flow into Guanabara Bay, and the [...]
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“Funk Fridays” Series Debates Women’s Empowerment in Funk [IMAGES]
Clique aqui para Português This past Friday, July 15, a group of around 70 community members and artists gathered at Arena Carioca Dicró in Penha, in Rio de [...]
Unconventional and Inspiring, Rio das Pedras Dance Class Empowers Women
Clique aqui para Português “The women here are warriors,” say countless residents of Rio das Pedras, a favela neighborhood in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, [...]
Sexual Tourism and the Olympics: Breaking Taboos
The Popular Committee for the World Cup and Olympics and the Marcha Das Vadias (Slut Walk) came together last week, June 16, to discuss mega-events, sexual tourism and the [...]
Social Media Reacts to Brutal Gang Rape of Teenager in Santa Cruz
Clique aqui para Português The brutal gang rape of a 16 year old girl by 33 men in a favela in Santa Cruz in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro has generated widespread horror [...]