Protests in Brazil have disrupted Independence Day celebrations in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The protesters were demanding better public services.
The Indian opposition party, the BJP, has asked the government in the southern city of Pondicherry to provide schoolgirls with overcoats to prevent them from being sexually harassed. It’s the latest suggestion about how to combat sexual violence against women in India. As Joanna Jolly reports:
In a statement, a local party secretary of the BJP said sexual harassment was a particular problem in government schools and that all teenage girls should be given overcoats for protection. He also suggested that students should be given the chance to make anonymous complaints if they felt threatened. The brutal rape and murder of a Delhi student last year and a rise in the number of reported sex crimes in India has (have) led to the introduction of new laws. But some leaders have been criticised for focusing on women’s behaviour rather than changing the attitudes of men.
The Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has begun handing out compensation to those living in camps for the internally displaced. Hundreds of thousands of Kenyans were displaced by violence that followed elections in 2007.
BBC News
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