Nobody in São Paulo watches the TV channel dedicated to covering the Brazilian stateâs legislative assembly. But the cameras roll on regardless, which is why on December 16th last year they caught a sexual assault on tape.
It happened as state deputy Isa Penna was standing at the podium talking to the chamberâs president. Suddenly she felt someone invade her space from behind while putting a hand on her right breast. It was her colleague, fellow deputy Fernando Cury.
Multiple studies show such misconduct against women to be rampant in Brazilian workplaces. But what horrified feminists was that an elected representative could suffer such a blatant act of sexual harassment from a fellow deputy on the floor of a state assembly. If such a thing could happen there was any woman safe anywhere?
Brazil s Globo Proclaims The Future is Female with Women-Centric MipTV Slate as its Reformats Classics
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Brazilian network giant Globo has presented at MipTV part of its programming strategy for the future as it is still ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic hitting a peak of 4,200 deaths in one day this week. Strenuous as the new health and security protocols have been for the entire industry – the production slow down is clear from Globo’s slate- the media and ever more technology giant has still much to show off as its content and premium SVOD platform Globoplay evolve in line with key trends shaping the market and indeed society at large. Two takes on Globo’s MipTV lineup: