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Nearly Every Woman Living with HIV/AIDs in Brazil has Suffered Violence

By Lori | Published: January 4, 2011

TweetVia Akimbo, a new report issued by the non-governmental organization Gestos highlights the disturbing link between HIV/AIDS and violence against women; according to the study, 97.5% of Brazilian women with HIV have suffered some type of violence throughout their lives, with 79.2% of cases occurring before the diagnosis of HIV. The report examines the problem [...]

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Brazil elects first female President, Dilma Rousseff

By Miriam | Published: November 1, 2010

Tweet Via NYTimes: The election completed an unlikely journey that took Rousseff from jail and brutal torture by her military captors in the 1970s to become the first woman to lead Latin America’s largest economy. A 62-year-old economist and former energy minister who leans left but has become more pragmatic over the years, Rousseff had [...]