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| BRAZIL: Carnival, a Complex Annual Revolution for Women, Gays RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 18 (IPS) - Fátima Oliveira, one of Brazil's few black women doctors, always goes to "the best carnival," in Sabará, a city of 130,000 people in the state of Minas Gerais, where "men dress up as women" at a celebration that is "very informal, very local, with few tourists." |
| NAMIBIA: Female Hip-Hop Artists Challenge Stereotypes WINDHOEK, Mar 9 (IPS) - African hip-hop prides itself on a more positive portrayal of women, but traditional cultural attitudes towards women still dominate the industry, say Namibian female rappers. |
| MEDIA-INDONESIA: When ‘Adding a Friend’ on Facebook Can Be Risky JAKARTA, Feb 17 (IPS) - It is every parent’s worst nightmare in the Internet age – and for Syafei Asyhari, this happened when he found that his 16-year-old daughter, Latifa, fell into the clutches of traffickers she met online as friends. |
| ZIMBABWE: Constitution in the Limelight HARARE, Mar 3 (IPS) - A new play, Waiting for Constitution has generated great interest among politicians and civil society groups anxious to get consultations over drafting a new constitution under way. |
| FILM: Saving Lives Amid the Chaos of War NEW YORK, Jan 6 (IPS) - The documentary "Living in Emergency" is as graphic as it is gripping, following doctors working in humanitarian crises as they face death, disease and despair in Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). |