South America News
Peru: Empowering Grassroots Women with Land & Housing Rights
Grasssroots women from 13 districts from urban and rural communities were empowered to form the National Women's Federation to advocate for land and housing access rights, free from domestic violence.
Promoting Land Rights in Peru & India
The Peruvian constitution does not point out housing as a human right. In Peru, there is a deficit of 1.3 million houses. In the city of Lima, there are 600 settlements that suffer from lack of titling...
Work Experience in Rural Chocos Community in High Andean of Peru
As a recognition of the work made in Chocos community, two indigenous women were selected to represent the Chocos community in the World Indigenous Women Conference at the end of October 2013...
Brazil: Boy Band on Trial for Gang Rape But Still Free to Play
March 2013: The Brazilian boy band, New Hit, was formally accused for the rape of two teenage girls... but are free and performing in shows all over Brazil.
Testimony of a Brazilian Sexual Slave: “Cristina'
Brazilians make up most of the women trafficked in the world. Cristina was living in Manaus, Amazon, and lived for 8 months as a sexual slave in Rome. She came back to Brazil 7 years ago...
Brazil: Gang Rape for Birthday Present
On 14th February, 2012 - Valentines Day, a group of men gang-raped five women, as a 'birthday gift' to one of the men, and murdered two of the women...