A women-Friendly Orchestra in Brazil Provides Hope and Jobs ( less )

In Brazil, at least one in five women suffer some kind of violence, 80 percent of it committed by husbands and partners. A group seeking World Bank funding is working on influencing new laws to protect women. It's time to think EQUAL for women and girls. ( less )

Programs with women's associations in Brazil's North East are leading to increased female participation in farming and economic activity. It's time to think EQUAL for women and girls. For more information: http://thinkequal.worldbank.org ( less )

On World AIDS Day, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva received the 2010 "UNAIDS Award for Leadership" for his contribution to social and economic development as well as progress in reversing his country's AIDS epidemic. ( less )

This video gathers the main findings of the Brazilian Dream (Sonho Brasileiro) research. The project is a nonprofit social responsibility endeavor with no consumption bias. To learn more, visit: osonhobrasileiro.com.br ( less )

In Brazil, one woman explains that she believes her life is better than her mother's because she received an education. It's time to think EQUAL for women and girls. ( less )

Sigourney Weaver Narrates New Google Earth Animation on Brazil's Controversial Belo Monte Dam in the Amazon Rainforest. Amazon Watch and International Rivers have teamed up to create a state-of-the-art 10-minute Google Earth 3-D tour and video narrated by actress Sigourney Weaver, with technical assistance from Google Earth Outreach. The video is in support of Brazil's Movimento Xingu Vivo Para Sempre (Xingu River Forever Alive Movement). The tour allows viewers to learn about the harmful impacts of, and alternatives to the massive Belo Monte Dam Complex on the Amazon's Xingu River. A Portuguese version of the video and tour, narrated by well-known Brazilian actor Dira Paes to be released soon. For more information visit:  http://amazonwatch.org/  http://www.internationalrivers.org/ ( less )

Forest conservation in Brazil. For more information visit: http://www.nature.org/ ( less )

Urapinã Pataxó, 15, describes the conditions in his village in Bahia, Brazil, that led to him becoming an activist for the rights of indigenous children and young people. ( less )

Every kid today is familiar with internet terms like chatting, surfing and blogs. Really every child? 79 percent of the people on the world are cut off technology which is taken for granted in the developed world. Brazilian Rodrigo Baggio describes the situation as digital apartheid. While aid organisations in Brazil were concentrating on providing food and clothing to poor people, Baggio recognised another necessity: access to the internet and computer skills.Many called him crazy when he set up his "Committee for the democratisation of information technology" in 1995. The organisation grew into what it is today; a multinational network with more than 800 computer schools in seven Latin American countries.Global 3000 shows the effect the organisation is having in Baggio's home city Rio de Janeiro. From: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,266,00.html ( less )