Category: Women
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Growing Number of Immigrants Sleeping on the Streets of New York
A growing number of immigrants are sleeping outdoors in New York City as the city struggles to house nearly 65,000 asylum seekers.
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Will Brazil Be the Country of Women’s Football?
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In a historic match, Brazil’s women’s football team secured a spot in the final of the tournament at the Paris Olympic Games after defeating Spain 4-2 on Tuesday afternoon (6) at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille. The team, led by coach Arthur Elias, took the lead early in the match, at 4 minutes, when Priscila…
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The Biggest Controversy of the Olympics: Female Boxing Competitors
Every Olympics has its controversies, but in Paris, one topic is dominating the conversations: women’s boxing. It concerns the accusation that two female boxing competitors are not women, which some fighters argue makes the competition unfair and even dangerous. The story began when Italian boxer Angela Carini withdrew from her preliminary fight in the round…
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Why Are So Many Americans Choosing Not to Have Children?
Some conservatives love to frame the decline in fertility rates in the United States as an example of the erosion of family values. JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, was recently criticized for saying in 2021 that the nation was governed by “childless cat ladies” who “hate normal Americans for choosing family over those ridiculous…
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Who is Maria Klaumann, Brazilian model honored at V Magazine event
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Brazilian model Maria Klaumann, part of the new generation of models, was honored at an event hosted by the prestigious V Magazine in New York. V Magazine describes Klaumann as: “one of the new rising faces in fashion and cover star of V Magazine for the first time.” For the cover of V149, Maria Klaumann was photographed by Alvaro…
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Hunger numbers remain stubbornly high for three consecutive years as global crises deepen: UN report
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in Africa, Asia, Brazil, Central America, children, Community, Geral, Health, Inside, Latin America, Men, Middle East, North America, Oceania, Politics, South America, UN, United States, Women, WorldApproximately 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in every eleven people in the world and one in every five in Africa, according to the latest report State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) published by specialized agencies of the United Nations. Released this year in the context of…
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Brazil Apologizes for the Persecution of Japanese Immigrants
The Amnesty Commission, an autonomous advisory body of the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship, approved the recognition by the Brazilian state that Japanese immigrants and their descendants born in the country were politically persecuted during World War II (1939-1945). The admission of persecution and/or complicity by the state was a response to the request…
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Confused by nutrition labels? You are not alone
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Shopping at the supermarket can feel like navigating a maze: so many options in every aisle, food packaging covered in marketing claims, and little guidance on what is actually healthy and what is not. People want to make healthy choices for themselves and their families, but how can they when the information available is so…
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Brazilian Researcher to Assume Presidency of the International AIDS Society
Brazilian infectious disease specialist and researcher Beatriz Grinsztejn will be the first Latin American woman to preside over the International AIDS Society (IAS), which brings together professionals working with the disease. Grinsztejn, a researcher at the Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases (INI/Fiocruz), stated that she will bring Brazil’s positive experiences in HIV treatment…
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40% of Cancer Cases Are Caused by Avoidable Risk Factors, Says Study
A study led by researchers from the American Cancer Society (ACS) found that four in ten cancer cases and about half of all cancer deaths in adults aged 30 and older in the United States can be attributed to modifiable risk factors such as smoking, overweight, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, diet, and infections. Smoking was…