Several weeks pregnant and about to start a job away from home, Lupita Ruiz had no doubts about wanting to end her pregnancy, despite knowing she could face jail time for having an abortion under a ...

A key initiative linking filmmakers and producers from Ibero-America and Europe with fiction, docu or animated projects in ...

As an increasing number of countries are risking U.S. retaliation by recognizing Palestinian statehood, the question becomes whether President Donald Trump will turn the screws on allies for doing so.

Prison doulas and legislative interventions can be a lifeline for incarcerated pregnant women. But the most important ...

When the women's team of Taboao da Serra lost a league match 29-0 last month it looked like things could hardly get much worse for the small club based outside Brazil's biggest city Sao Paulo.

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice says he is retiring eight years before his mandatory exit, opening a path for President ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -On paper, former President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to prison until the age of 97. In fact, legal experts say the ex-president is unlikely to spend more than a fraction of ...

The U.S. government has sanctioned the wife of Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. He led the investigation ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Over 80 incarcerated women from the Indiana Women’s Prison graduated from Ivy Tech Community College Thursday. The graduation is through a program created by the Indiana ...

Why are we asking for donations? Why are we asking for donations? This site is free thanks to our community of supporters. Voluntary donations from readers like you keep our news accessible for ...

Tavarela Bruce women's prison in Rio de Janeiro hosted the 19th annual Miss Tavarela Bruce beauty contest on Wednesday (September 24). During the event, ten inmates, selected based on behavior records ...

When an Amazonian tribe tried to regulate the mines on their territory, they invited the violence of modern life into their ...