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Brazil Suspends Use Of AstraZeneca Vaccine For Pregnant Women After One Death
Is AstraZeneca for pregnant women safe? Brazil deliberates after a death is reported.
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There Is No Democracy Without A Free Media, Says Isabel Amorim
“You always have to sell an idea, a project and your point of view,” says Isabel Amorim, CEO The EscritĂłrio Central de Arrecadação e Distribuição which is the national copyright collection agency in Brazil.
Grandfather Crochets Vitiligo Dolls To Boost Children’s Self Esteem
João’s says that his first-ever project for crocheting a doll was for his granddaughter. He wanted to do something special for her so that she has something with her to always remember him.
Plea In Delhi HC To Standardise Minimim Age For Marriage
Petitioner Ashwini Upadhyay said that this differential bar of minimum age discriminates against women, thus contravening the fundamental principles of gender equality and breaches Articles 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution of India.
World’s First Baby Born After Womb Transplant From Dead Donor
A woman in Brazil successfully gave birth to a baby girl after receiving a womb from a dead donor. This procedure has been successful for the very first time, thus making the baby girl world’s first baby via a womb transplant from a dead donor. This comes after ten previously known cases of uterus transplants from […]
Brazil: Female Sports Journalists Start the #LetHerWork Campaign
The ongoing Football World Cup in Russia has witnessed several incidents of sexual harassment faced by female sports journalists while they were on the field, reporting. These women journalists were kissed, insulted, groped and pushed around, while being live on camera. #LetHerWork Female journalists in Brazil have come up with their own campaigning hashtag, which says […]
Brazil Patients Risk It All In Quest Of Beauty
In the US, if you want a face lift or a tummy tuck, it’s generally assumed that you’ll be paying out of pocket. Insurance will tend to cover plastic surgery only when the surgery is deemed “medically necessary” and not merely aesthetic. In Brazil, however, patients are thought of as having the “right to beauty.” In public […]
World Economic Forum’s Start-up Initiative Expands into Latin America
World Economic Forum UpLink Start-up Initiative has decided to expand into Latin America and the Caribbean. The WEF will be collaborating with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and select 50 outstanding start-ups in Latin America ahead of its annual regional meeting as part of its UpLink initiative. The World Economic Forum on Latin America will take place in […]
Brazil’s Iron Lady Resigns As Head Of BNDES Bank
Maria Silvia Bastos, popularly known as Brazil’s Iron Lady, resigned as the head of Brazil’s State Development Bank, BNDES. She resigns amidst alleged corruption charges hovering above the institution and their President Michel Temer, according to a report in Bloomberg.com. According to the Reuters, the official statement which came from BNDES cited Bastos’ reasons for […]
Brazil: A Step Towards Gender Equality
Reducing socio-economic inequalities prevailing in the society can have far-reaching implications. Promundo, an organisation aimed at promoting gender justice, has supplemented an existing Cash Transfer program in Brazil with their companion program which would engage men to understand the need to end inequality and prevent gender-based violence. Also Read: State Of Women: Do Cash Transfer Schemes Work, A Reality Check Across States In […]
