A Celebration of Women™ is honored to Celebrate the Life of this powerhouse that rose above extraordinary circumstances involving unheard of levels of violence, domestically. Today, this powerhouse works to help other women to regain dignity, safety and rise of domestic violence. Because her experience and sufferings, an actual law was enacted in Brazil under the symbolic name “Maria da Penha Law on Domestic and Family Violence.” WOMAN of … [Read more...]
Maria da Penha – WOMAN of ACTION™
September 7, 2012 by Team Celebration
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