How is the current women's rights situation in Brazil?

Brazil. Events of 2016. Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (right) and Vice President Michel Temer during a ceremony at the presidential Planalto Palace in .... read more

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. In 2015, Brazil enacted a law against femicide. read more

Sao Paulo, Brazil - In an abandoned building in the centre of Brazil's financial centre of Sao Paulo, Marli Aguiar and a group of black women have come together to talk about one thing: what to do about Brazil's new interim government. read more