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Life in Rio's favelas, and Charlize Theron on racism and HIV Life in Rio's favelas, and Charlize Theron on racism and HIV
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In our latest diary entries on life in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas in the run-up to the Olympic Games, residents reflect on how the city is divided. Michel Silva in Rocinha laments how favelas are often ignored on official maps; Thaís Cavalcante in Maré says the war on drugs has become a war against the poor; and Daiene Mendes says that in her neighbourhood, Alemão, deaths are not investigated.In our latest diary entries on life in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas in the run-up to the Olympic Games, residents reflect on how the city is divided. Michel Silva in Rocinha laments how favelas are often ignored on official maps; Thaís Cavalcante in Maré says the war on drugs has become a war against the poor; and Daiene Mendes says that in her neighbourhood, Alemão, deaths are not investigated.
At the international Aids conference in Durban, actor Charlize Theron spoke out on the racism that she says is an underlying cause of the HIV epidemic. Theron grew up amid the Aids crisis in South Africa, and started a foundation in 2007 to help prevent adolescents and young people becoming infected with HIV in ever greater numbers.At the international Aids conference in Durban, actor Charlize Theron spoke out on the racism that she says is an underlying cause of the HIV epidemic. Theron grew up amid the Aids crisis in South Africa, and started a foundation in 2007 to help prevent adolescents and young people becoming infected with HIV in ever greater numbers.
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On Kelly Castagnaro’s comment piece on El Salvador’s plans to increase jail sentences for abortions, camilasol wrote:On Kelly Castagnaro’s comment piece on El Salvador’s plans to increase jail sentences for abortions, camilasol wrote:
As a Salvadorean, I am appalled and angry to watch how foundations like “Sí a la vida” lobby for draconian measures against women who decide to have abortions in my country. I will be very honest and blunt: in El Salvador, if you have the money to have an abortion, you can have one in a clinic there, or opt to go to the US or anywhere where abortions are permitted. To severely punish women who don’t have this option is cruel and unjust.As a Salvadorean, I am appalled and angry to watch how foundations like “Sí a la vida” lobby for draconian measures against women who decide to have abortions in my country. I will be very honest and blunt: in El Salvador, if you have the money to have an abortion, you can have one in a clinic there, or opt to go to the US or anywhere where abortions are permitted. To severely punish women who don’t have this option is cruel and unjust.
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Poverty matters will return in two weeks with another roundup of the latest news and comment. In the meantime, keep up to date on the Global development website. Follow @gdndevelopment and @LizFordGuardian on Twitter, and join Guardian Global development on Facebook.Poverty matters will return in two weeks with another roundup of the latest news and comment. In the meantime, keep up to date on the Global development website. Follow @gdndevelopment and @LizFordGuardian on Twitter, and join Guardian Global development on Facebook.