Tens of thousands of women in cities across Brazil have rallied against gender-based violence amid record numbers of female ...

: [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: In this report, a Sao Paolo city councilman is incorrectly identified as Andre Kuchar. The councilman is actually Fabio Riva.] AILSA CHANG, HOST: Brazilians head to the ...

May 16 (Reuters) - Brazil's Sao Paulo Football Federation is looking into an incident of sexism in the Paulista Feminino after Bragantino defender Stella Terra and Sao Paulo midfielder Aline Milene ...

Women’s rights advocates are protesting the São Paulo department of education’s standard of requiring either gynecological exams or proof of virginity from their female candidates. Damn straight they ...

NEW DELHI/SAO PAULO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Five years after the fatal gang rape of a student on a bus in New Delhi, the Indian capital was on Monday paired with Brazil's Sao Paulo as the world ...

Many of the alleys in São Paulo’s favelas have trash or weeds in them, the things you’d expect in alleys. But one in Sao Mateus, on the outskirts of the city, also has something you might not expect — ...

Researchers at São Paulo State University are investigating how hormonal fluctuations throughout a woman’s life influence the immune system and how physical exercise can mitigate these ...

Women are underrepresented in Brazil's Congress. But Indigenous women recently elected in Sao Paulo are hoping to change that reality. Sponsor Message : [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: In this report, a ...

This article by Carolyn Beeler for the #HerPlanet series originally appeared on PRI.org on February 24, 2016, and is republished here as part of a content-sharing agreement. Many of the alleys in São ...