Thousands of Black Women March for Equality in Brazil
Black women in Brazil are standing up and demanding equality. On Wednesday November 17, 2015, at least 10,000 black women from across Brazil marched in the nation’s capital to condemn violence, racism, and lack of gender equality. Protesters gathered outside of the National Congress of Brazil to demonstrate their objection to recent conservative bills that attempt to reduce their rights. Last month Brazil’s lower chamber commission approved a bill that limits access to the mo
Tahiry Jose Sues Fashion Week Attacker
Violence against women is not acceptable, and former Love & Hip Hop: New York star and model Tahiry Jose is suing her alleged attacker, male model Carlos Suggs, to make sure he understands that. According to the New York Post, Jose filed papers in Manhattan Supreme Court alleging that at a September 2014 New York Fashion Week event, Suggs, “suddenly without cause and provocation verbally and physically, brutally and savagely attacked her, beating her up, hurling obscenities a
