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put their lives in the hands of gangs running dangerous clinics sisters Joyce and Jandyra Magdalena dos Santos Cruz lived together in a simple low-rise in Guaratiba their lives were inextricably meshed by economies of scale It was the honey-coloured eyes they also shared that Joyce Magdalena recognised last August when Jandyra was found inside a burnt-out car dismembered and charred beyond identification She had climbed into the same car a day earlier at a bus station in the nearby town of Campo Grande “The press said they cut off her hands,” says Joyce but she was committing a crime against herself Jandyra might have become just another statistic: another woman having one of the estimated one million abortions carried out every year in Brazil where it is punishable by up to three years in prison Even her death would have been unlikely to raise more than a passing mention It is claimed that every two days a Brazilian woman dies while trying to end a pregnancy and there are 200,000 hospital admissions a year as a result of bungled procedures But Jandyra’s fate shone a light on the cruel It stirred women’s rights groups and activists giving a high-profile face to their controversial cause: “How many more Jandyras?” and “We are all Jandyra” were the straplines on the protest posters in Copacabana last September Gang leader Rosemere Aparecida Ferreira admitted to police that Jandyra had paid R$4,500 (£1,100) for the abortion Photograph: Pedro Kirilos/Agencia O GloboAccording to the police investigation she was the victim of a criminal gang running an “abortion business” was met by the gang’s driver at the bus station so as to hide the makeshift clinic’s address and driven to a rented home in a private condominium reportedly admitted to police that Jandyra had paid R$4,500 (£1,100) for the termination carried out by an unlicensed doctor but said she had not been there at the time Ferreira claimed she was later called by the driver to say only that there had been “a problem” It is suspected that Jandyra suffered fatal complications during the abortion with prosecutors alleging the gang then disfigured her body to protect themselves by preventing her from being identified “They don’t have consciences – they are monsters These clinics are not thinking about the wellbeing of the woman the death of a housewife in another botched abortion in Rio just a month later thrust the law into the spotlight immediately before October’s general election died after a plastic tube was left in her uterus She had been in a similar situation: she had three children and could not afford a fourth “I don’t think she would have had so much courage but she was really tormented about this,” says her sister Sandra Barbosa Sandra is now bringing up Elizângela’s seven-year-old daughter and one-year-old son while her four-year-old boy stays with his father Police arrested a woman called Ligia Maria Silva who reportedly started performing clandestine abortions 20 years ago after carrying out her own so the women have abortions in the worst conditions,” says Dr Marcelo Burlá president of the Gynaecology and Obstetrics Society of Rio de Janeiro state All because we have a legal condition that doesn’t support the women who don’t want to have a baby.” ‘She doesn’t need to kill doesn’t need to put her life at risk’: Luciana Lopes Photograph: Lianne Milton/ObserverThere are only a handful of exemptions to the ban on abortion – to save the mother’s life a rare birth defect in which the brain and skull do not develop police in Rio had made 61 arrests as part of the 15-month-long Operation Herod which investigated an illegal abortion set-up charging up to £1,800 per procedure The gang allegedly carried out up to 20 abortions a day In 2013 there were only 1,520 “legal” terminations carried out by the public health service In an otherwise sparse living room in Guaratiba there’s a little plastic Christmas tree sitting beside the TV and the festive season has been brought forward to give her motherless daughters “We tried to convince Jandyra not to do it,” Joyce says she took this difficult decision.” Like many but was faced with raising another child unwanted and unsupported by its father “I think there should be a law that says after two children each child can be too great a financial burden “It used to be that you finished school and you got a job,” Joyce says with four children – it’s going to be much harder than for someone who has two or one But my religion doesn’t have any problem with vasectomies I think we need a more rigorous law to protect women from desperate situations.” one in five Brazilian women have had at least one abortion by the age of 40 (in Britain the figure is one in three) Conservative estimates suggest 800,000 clandestine abortions are carried out a year while pro-choice campaigners cite one million “Women are afraid of telling us the truth,” says Debora Diniz “We have concrete reasons to believe that the number is even higher because women have reasons not to tell the truth In Rio the scale of the organisation running clandestine clinics became clear during the police operation They were said to have co- ordinated illegal abortion centres in several neighbourhoods was reportedly found with statements for $5m in a Swiss bank account told O Globo that the gang had carried out an abortion on a girl as young as 13 Rio’s co-ordinator for Brazil Without Abortion the first thing I see is the stirrups of her new examination table Luciana is setting up her surgery in the north of the city She firmly rejects the estimated abortion rates there’s no official information,” she says “But even among the woman who do have abortions It’s not just about whether it’s legal or not – it’s a question of the woman living with committing murder I ask if she knows any women who have had abortions but she adds that women are not criminalised for it “We know that abortion carries risks to the life of the woman – illegal abortion as much as legal abortion,” she says adding that the movement would like to see the legal exemptions removed and abortion completely criminalised “Even if she is pregnant and doesn’t want the baby at all The right to choose: a pro-abortion march in São Paulo Photograph: Tiago Mazza Chiaravalloti/RexRecent research suggests that 65% of Brazilians support the current restrictions on terminations But Brazil’s relationship with religion and abortion is more nuanced faith appeared to play little part: most women who had abortions said they were also Catholic Yet religious conservatism meant that despite two high-profile cases abortion was hardly discussed during last year’s presidential election “Brazil is a country formed under the sign of the cross Everything good and not so good that happened had the strong presence of the Catholic church,” says Eduardo Jorge the Green Party presidential candidate who supports the legalisation of abortion He says there is no explicit condemnation of abortion in the Bible “We need more liberal and enlightened political leaders to talk to the people about their reasons Only with dialogue and debate will it be possible to change the current law causing death and suffering to women and their families.” When I ask how long it might take to change the current legal situation Though there appears to be little link to religion abortion is more common among women with low levels of education but one likely explanation is that they are using contraception methods incorrectly “Abortion and the risks of illegality are basically a problem for the poor and black women of Brazil,” Diniz says a journalist for a women’s magazine and a mother of two She lives in a chic boho neighbourhood in São Paulo she found a trusted doctor known among her circle of friends who would carry out abortions from his clinic in a hospital Because of the early stage of her pregnancy “The crazy thing for me in Brazil is that a middle-class person in a big metropolis like this can easily find a doctor who will do a safe abortion,” Micheline says made easier by access to a reputable medical professional “The fact that I was already a mother made it all the more clear,” she says “I have an idea of how much a child changes your life and I was sure – without talking with my partner before I told anyone – that it wasn’t time.” On the day that Micheline went for her consultation the names of 20 other women were tacked to the doctor’s wall each one paying close to or just over £1,000 for the procedure the moment you meet with a doctor can feel strange But in the end the process was very simple.” ‘It’s totally illegal so women are having abortions in the worst conditions’: gynaecologist Dr Marcelo Burlá Photograph: Lianne Milton/ObserverHer misgivings centre on the inequalities of a clandestine business She says her realisation that she was one of the “hidden” women prompted her to write about her experience “The doctor created a system that resolved a problem that Brazil is refusing to resolve,” she says Abortions are being carried out in Brazil – it’s just that they are being carried out in very unequal conditions You can’t leave all these people underground.” Whatever the real number of women aborting pregnancies the law that makes it a crime is not protecting them With such a tangle of religious and moral opposition Jandyra’s family turn to their only comfort She’s an icon of respecting other opinions When Joyce considers what she might ask those responsible she says: “I want to know what really happened whether she woke up or if she was totally anaesthetised when she died They can do what they want with her body – flesh is flesh This is the archive of The Observer up until 21/04/2025 The Observer is now owned and operated by Tortoise Media As dos Santos’s sister told reporters: “Many people have been criticizing her and saying she deserved to die Now those who did this to her have to pay too.” they disavowed women’s full agency in their decisions convinced they were influenced by outside “seducers,” malevolent midwives and thus could not be held responsible for their wayward actions While the 1940 Penal Code, in effect today, clarified the language in abortion law, legal practice continued to focus on providers. Historian Joanna Pedro has demonstrated that mid-to-late-twentieth-century abortion cases targeted midwives, while simultaneously portraying women as “victims.”12 In part this was because some cases were prosecuted due to the death of the woman from abortion-related complications But by criminalizing midwives in all cases the justice system came to the “defense” of the women who had sought out an abortion “Aborto e contracepção: tres gerações de mulheres.” In Nova história das mulheres edited by Carla Bassanezi Pinsky and Joana Maria Pedro A arte de enganar a natureza: contracepção aborto e infanticídio no início do século XX Roth, Cassia. “Angelica’s Baby: Pregnancy Narratives in Twentieth-Century Rio de Janeiro.” The Appendix 2 Cassia received her PhD in Latin American History with a Concentration in Gender Studies from the University of California titled A Miscarriage of Justice: Reproduction examines reproductive health in relation to legal and medical policy in turn-of-the-century Rio de Janeiro Cassia’s research has been supported by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation the Coordinating Council for Women in History Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email This has been a long-term goal of Nursing Clio; now you can help us reach it support us and our writers by becoming a member of our Patreon Become a member! Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email To celebrate the Arab Community Day in Brazil ANBA interviewed two influential political personalities in the current government and many others are some of the Arab family names heard in Brazilian politics nowadays and that passed through the highest positions of the legislative and executive powers of the country Their presence in Brazilian politics is not just a coincidence which began late in the 19th century due to the instability of the Ottoman Empire Arabs and their descendants conquered space in the country in the most varied fields being most recognized for their work in trade the same name as a famous shopping street in São Paulo city ) part of the country’s official calendar since 2009 ANBA interviewed two influential political personalities in the current scene Minister of Planning and Budget of the Federal Government Simone Tebet; and federal deputy for Rio de Janeiro The two authorities spoke about their Lebanese families the importance of the Arab community in the country and their perspectives for the next four years of the new government Simone Tebet’s grandparents traveled from Lebanon to Brazil in the early 20th century Part of the family took up residence in the interior of São Paulo state while some headed toward the country’s Midwest and landed at the Três Lagoas railway station in Mato Grosso do Sul her grandfather Taufic Tebet met her grandmother Angelina Jaime Tebet who also migrated from Lebanon with her family They opened a small clothing and appliances store and had five children and came back one day to become mayor of our city That part of the family history is that of my father any resemblance would not have been a mere coincidence with my life story because I also passed and continue to pass through those same stations,” said the minister to ANBA Jandira Feghali’s family is also of Lebanese origin Albert Feghali was 18 years old when he came to the country on a leisure trip when he met the daughter of Lebanese Nilza Mussalem Feghali and decided to stay there “My family is big and unique; Feghali is a single family, and most of them still live in Lebanon. Most work with arts, some with law, and a small portion is linked to healthcare and work as physicians. My aunt, my father’s sister, was a great film and theater actress and singer called Sabah; that was her stage name; she was very well known,” said Jandira Feghali to ANBA The deputy said the family comes from a mountain town called Bdadoun an importance that is still not deservedly recognized in the formation of Brazilian culture.” In her view the Lebanese have always been known as traveling merchants who sold essential goods door to door But they weren’t just talking about the quality of their products was a forerunner of the social networks of our time they promoted the cultural integration of such a large and diverse country the surname of all the streets in Brazil,” she declared holds a sense of reconstruction of the country in many areas “There are many who have structured themselves in political representation but there are many Arabs in the field of politics like Finance minister Fernando Haddad,” she recalled and the sense of community are some traits of Arab origin Simone Tebet says she carries with her and welcoming spirit as part of her Lebanese ancestry “This ability to welcome people at their own home the Arabs have a lot of this characteristic,” she said the most important gift of the family was the artistic side and I was also a professional drummer for many years,” she declared Arab cuisine is a legacy Feghali and Tebet share it is a remarkable heritage in every Arab family Tebet explained she doesn’t have time to practice the culinary arts but has always been fond of Arab food “And not just because of the variety and taste besides these incomparable characteristics to my taste it is good for my soul and takes me on a journey to my roots A trip that brings me the most beautiful memories of the family dinner table As minister of a government with which Simone Tebet claims to share the same dreams she said she would make every possible effort to make them come true through the creation of jobs to give people a dignified life; to fertilize love of neighbor and social justice in a field in which seeds of hatred and denial of life had been sown To cultivate new dreams where old nightmares were planted I think these same dreams also unite our peoples,” declared Tebet about her perspectives for the next four years of government Jandira Feghali claimed to have “the perspective of someone in a field that defeated fascism in the electoral sense because it still exists in the core of our society.” For her the dream for the next four years is the reconstruction of Brazil creating a human development project for the country to overcome the cultural war in the field of ideas reconstituting the role of the Federal State rebuilding public policies and making the country move forward and constructing a culture of peace,” she declared Simone Tebet was mayor of the city of Três Lagoas She is affiliated with the MDB political party and is the current minister of Planning and Budget of Brazil in the Lula government Jandira Feghali is in her eighth term as federal deputy for the state of Rio de Janeiro She is also the leader of PCdoB party in the Chamber of Deputies She is a physician and was a professional drummer The author of the book ‘Brimos: Imigração sírio-libanesa no Brasil e seu caminho até a política’ [‘Brimos: Syrian and Lebanese immigration in Brazil and its path to politics’] spoke with ANBA about what has changed in the Brazilian political landscape since the publication of his book in History at Georgetown University in the United States “The rise of Simone Tebet is one of the first things to change the picture,” said Bercito stating he would like to include a chapter about the minister in a future edition of his book who chaired the COVID-19 parliamentary inquiry committee which I could include in the book in the future [Federal deputy Guilherme] Boulos is another figure who has established himself recently In a text by Bercito for the Brazil Journal on January 3 in which he mentioned in the ANBA interview the researcher recalls the command of the Brazilian economy is now in the hands of two Lebanese descendants: Fernando Haddad on Finance and Simone Tebet on Planning “The nomination of the two is yet another indication of the projection the Arabs and their descendants have gained in Brazilian politics in recent decades,” he said Bercito recalled when appointed to the Ministry of Planning Tebet said she had three things in common with Haddad “I think the presence of Fernando Haddad and Simone Tebet in such high positions and dealing with the same universe was not accidental The Arab community arrived at a time when it was competent and had space to occupy these positions of power,” said the author a Muslim Syrian who came to Brazil as a refugee after the country’s war in 2011 is now a Brazilian citizen and ran for state deputy for São Paulo in 2022 “We have the emergence of this figure who also tried to enter the Brazilian political competition; new personalities of more recent migrants and Muslims; we will keep an eye out to see if they will have the same prominence,” said Bercito Bercito considers the date important and exciting I think it’s good we always remember these stories The Arabs have a special place in my heart,” he said The author stated the history of Arab immigration to Brazil is incomparable because the Arabs arrived in a very different context from the Europeans “The Arab migration is incomparable to any other migratory movement Brazil has received The Arabs came somewhat against the back of the Brazilian government at the time because they were not invited; there was no Brazilian diplomatic effort for them to arrive Brazil recruited migrants in Europe to whiten the population and European Catholics were the main target of this migration policy,” said Bercito “Most Arabs didn’t pass by the ‘Hospedaria dos Imigrantes’ [Pension house for immigrants in the city of São Paulo]; they didn’t go to the coffee plantations,” continued the researcher “They lived a very different experience from the Italians or Germans They were not tied to agricultural activities They stayed more in urban areas working with trade – not only that which was not considered a noble activity at the time that of traveling merchants.” Bercito said The Gulf country has deposited its instrument of acceptance of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies which is aimed at curbing harmful subsidies that contribute to overfishing and promoting the sustainable management of global marine resources The Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA) is the news website of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce Its goal is to promote communication between Brazilians and Arabs When Chili first requested that Ritchie come for a visit hospital staff worried that an animal on the premises would pose health risks for other patients Chili's love for Ritchie won out in the end and her caretakers made special safety arrangements so her dream could come true When Rejane's son arrived at the hospital with Ritchie in tow, the dog bolted towards his owner and jumped onto her hospital bed bittersweet meeting was captured on camera the footage is attracting all kinds of attention lately and it's easy to see why: both Chili and Ritchie seem overwhelmed with joy throughout the entire clip Ritchie is seen licking Chile's face as family members and hospital staff look on Take a look at Chili and Ritchie's meeting below. 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Investigations into two fires that erupted a day apart earlier this month on Canterbury Turnpike in Norwich revealed separate causes — arson and spontaneous combustion 11 fire at 40 Canterbury Turnpike accidentally started in the kitchen Norwich Fire Marshal Kenneth Scandariato said Monday Scandariato said it is well-documented that certain wood staining and sealing products can start fires on their own since they heat up as they dry “The materials were stored in the same area the fire started,” Scandariato said “It’s highly probable the fire started as the result of spontaneous combustion.” Firefighters arrived in the early morning hours to find the home fully engulfed in flames Fire investigators have determined that the Jan 12 blaze that destroyed several hay-filled barns on the Tarryk farm off Canterbury Turnpike was incendiary Scandariato declined to discuss further details of the Jan 12 fire and said the investigation has been turned over to the Norwich Police Department Peter Camp said determining who set the fire could be tough because of the time and remote location of the fire “We have some active leads and solid information to work with,” Camp said Lawler Lane resident Mark Perkins said he and other neighbors have watched as buildings on properties that were part of the former Byron Brook project have deteriorated I hate to say ‘I told you so,’ but it’s inevitable,” Perkins said “We were just kind of sitting back waiting for them to be burned down.” Perkins said the City Council should consider giving more teeth to ordinances involving blighted or vacant buildings across the city “We’re concerned about the blighted buildings,” he said “We think the developer should be responsible to secure or clean them up.” Which language would you like to use this site in Brazil has one of the highest murder rates in the world, with 56 000 people murdered each year. 30 000 of them are aged between 15-29 and 77% of young peoople killed are black Firearms are responsible for most homicides in Brazil and less than 8% of cases are brought to justice The fact that the majority of young people killed are black has been treated with indifference, which is why Amnesty International Brazil launched the Black Youth Alive campaign (in Portuguese) in November 2014 The QuilomBOX collection (in Portuguese) was built by collectives and groups from the peripheries and favelas of the state of Rio de Janeiro Bahia and the Federal District of Brasilia It consists of a box containing mobilization and organization tools used by 17 groups of activists from Brazil plus the methodologies used in the Black Youth Alive Creative Workshops held in 2016 The BOX itself functions as an image and video projector that connects to a cell phone activists are able to organize video exhibitions and communicate their work to other young activists Creative workshops were organized as part of the Black Youth Alive campaign, adapting the participative methodologies of the Respect my dignity, respect my rights educational modules and creating different educational materials This project was one of the greatest and more beautiful things I’ve done in my whole life our partners fell deeply in love with the materials and it was amazing to see them identifying themselves and their work see their efforts acknowledged by an international human rights organization and be able to align our efforts with their actual experiences One of the challenges faced by the organizers was the difficulty in obtaining information from local partners as many did not have easy access to the internet or cell phones to communicate that monitored how far the QuilomBOX was spreading The material was launched in a meeting of 60 young activists from grassroots groups that the team in Rio de Janeiro had mapped over 18 months The activists came from 12 different states Learn more about the campaign (in Portuguese) and Amnesty International’s work in Brazil Together we can fight for human rights everywhere Your donation can transform the lives of millions If you are talented and passionate about human rights then Amnesty International wants to hear from you Local musician Denis Oscar Mubuuke Galiwango Kamya, alias Dizzy Nuts, famed for songs such as Fire burn dem and Mungongo has been buried at his ancestral grounds in Jandira-Kyasa… Read more » Local deep voiced rapper Denis Galiwango, popularly known by his stage name as Dizzy Nutts, was killed by a speeding vehicle at Kireka along Kampala -Jinja highway. 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