Details from Datafolha’s latest study, “Visible and Invisible: The Mistreatment of Women in Brazil,” reveal that roughly 12,000 women are victims of some form of violence each day in Brazil. Each hour some 503 women are victims of a moral offense, physical violence or unwanted touching. Two out of three Brazilians have witnessed these acts and other forms of aggression against women. The most common form of harassment, according to the survey, is disrespectful comments on the streets. The study was commissioned by the Brazilian Forum of Public Safety and undertaken between February 11 and 17. Approximately 2,000 people were surveyed, of which over 1,000 were women. Ben Hur Viza, a federal district judge ruling on cases of violence against women, stated that oftentimes victims don’t file reports due to fear of being considered culpable or blamed for the attack. “Why did he attack you? Why didn’t you say no…

By: Miracle Nwankwo Adi Godrej has recently handed over his company to the second of his three children after nurturing the company for 17 years. The executive officer of Godrej Group flagship firm, Godrej Consumer Products is now the 39 year old Nasiba Godrej. The hardworking man retires leaving his children, Tanya Dubash his eldest daughter as Executive Director and Chief Brand Officer of the Godrej Group, and his only son Pirojsha Godrej as Executive Chairman of Godrej Properties. Nasiba a graduate of Harvard University was considered the rightful candidate to succeed her father who now retires as the Executive Chairperson of Godrej Group’s flagship firm, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL). This change in baton took place on the 10 of May 2017 in Mumbai, India. Nisa as she is fondly called is known to be hard working and known for her beauty and brain. She is effective and…

Bangladeshi Mahfuza Akhter Kiron has been elected to the Fifa council but struggled to name the current women’s world champions in a disastrous interview The newly elected representative for Asian football on the Fifa council has been heavily criticized after failing to name the current women’s world champions. Mahfuza Akhter Kiron overcame the prominent women’s football advocate Moya Dodd in a bid to gain a place on Fifa’s ruling body on Monday. Kiron beat Dodd by 27 votes to 17 after two other candidates for the woman’s slot representing Asia on the Fifa Council withdrew before the ballot. And Kiron’s term has begun on a controversial note after she struggled to name the current world champions when interviewed by the BBC’s World Service. When asked, Kiron answered “Korea” followed by “Japan”, before finally settling on the correct answer: the USA. “This is very disappointing,” said two-time World Cup winner Carli…

By: Blessed Mhlanga Women leaders from different opposition political parties have called for a unified front against Zanu-PF as they demanded a free, fair and credible 2018 general election. MDC-T Vice President Thokozani Khupe, addressing a Women Election Convention in Harare recently, led the charge, saying only a free, fair and credible poll would change the fortunes of Zimbabwean women. “As women, we demand a free, fair and credible election and only that poll can deliver a new destiny for our country and a future for our children,” she said. Khupe called on women to use their majority to remove Zanu PF from power by demanding a level electoral playing field and participating in the polls by voting. “We are the majority and we are going to determine the outcome of the 2018 elections, she said. National People’s Party leader Joice Mujuru said women had always played second fiddle to…

A Colombian woman reportedly swallowed at least $US 7000 in a desperate act to hide the money during a fight with her husband, according to doctors in the South American nation who extracted the bills through surgery. The 30-year-old woman swallowed rolls of $100 bills. She told the local RCN television channel she had saved up the money for a holiday with her husband after selling several electrical household items. Doctors said they were able to surgically extract 57 $100 bills from the woman’s stomach and intestines. Director of Surgery at the University Hospital of Santander, Juan Paulo Serrano, said the majority of the bills were surgically extracted from the stomach, while additional rolls would be passed through the colon. The fact the rolls were not wrapped up or packaged suggest they were not swallowed for any form of illicit transport, Dr. Serrano said, but rather were ingested in an…

By: Rachel Lau Things are looking bleak for young women in Canada when it comes to sexual harassment and assault, a study by the Canadian Women’s Foundation has found. The survey revealed that despite an increasing awareness about harassment and domestic violence, 79 per cent of Canadians believe that Generation Z (those born from the late 1990s to the early 2000s) are “just as, or more likely” to experience sexual assault. Of the 1,004 randomly selected Canadians aged 18 and over, 89 per cent of women and 69 per cent of men believe most Generation Z women will experience some type of sexual assault. “They’re not feeling optimistic partially because of the way it’s still talked about,” said Anuradha Dugal, Director of violence prevention programs at the Canadian Women’s Foundation. “There’s still a lot of blame and stigmatization going on. People don’t think it’s…

By: Rebecca Rosman Male dominance in Kenyan politics is receiving a shake-up with several women set to win governor positions in the August elections. Female politicians are poised to make history in Kenya’s upcoming August elections. A handful of women have made it to the gubernatorial ballot — and a win will mark the first time women have held Kenya’s powerful governor positions. For years, women have struggled for equal political representation in Kenya, which has East Africa’s lowest rate of women in parliament at only 19 percent. They often lack the political clout and money to run a campaign, but they also struggle to mobilise support given how politicians campaign in Kenya. “They tend to push women out because they are not able to rely on the same structures…to mobilise violence to mobilise support,’ Nanjala Nyabola, a political analyst based in Nairobi told RFI. “That’s not to say that…