Jineth Bedoya Lima, an investigative journalist from Colombia who has continued to write about women’s issues despite having been raped and tortured for uncovering an arms smuggling network; and Major Pricilla de Oliveira Azevedo of Brazil, who was invited to head the first “Police Pacification Unit” (UPP) in Rio de Janeiro’s Santa Marta favela after arresting a gang of criminals who had kidnapped and tortured her, were among the honorees at the White House to celebrate International Woman’s Day on March 8.
Brazilian and Colombian Women Honored by White House
March 12, 2012