We Can’t All Be Wonder Woman
By Daniela Matheus I’m always dueling between the pleasures and the challenges all women face every day, and I believe one of the great challenges is multitasking. Women are very proud, and of course I think we should be, of our capacity for multitasking. Women are famous for doing many things at the same time; for example, taking care of children, More...
International Women’s Day
The fourth secretary of the Curitiba City Council, Councilwoman Noemia Rocha (PMDB), represented the House in an event commemorating International Women’s Day, March 8, in the Legislative Assembly of Paraná. More...
NGO Commemorates Its 30 Years In the Presence of Nobel Prize Winner
(Photo) Founder Marianne Spiller On the weekend of November 20 and 21, the Life for All Foundation, a nongovernmental organisation (NGO) from the metropolitan region of Curitiba, gathered together some of the biggest More...
Early Detection of Breast Cancer
Despite the attention from scientific bodies that guide the screening programmes for early detection of breast cancer and the technological development of recent years, breast cancer continues to increase, with More...
The Women of the World Cup
By B. Michael Rubin With Brazil’s loss in the 2010 World Cup quarterfinals against The Netherlands, there were a great number of people, every Brazilian to be exact, who had an opinion as to what went wrong More...
Botanical Garden Commemorates “Pink”
The Botanical Garden received pink lighting to commemorate the International Month for Breast Cancer awareness as of 7p.m. on 1st October. Curitiba has joined the world’s principal capitals which, in October, More...
Provopar Sponsors Fashion Show With Designs by Female Prisoners
A fashion show took place on April 7, organized by Provopar Ação Social and the Gianni Cocchieri brand, and supported by the Brazilian Federal Department of Revenue and the State Government. It was such a success More...