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Lua Nova: Brazil's Groundbreaking Women's Shelter

At the Women in the World Summit in Brazil, TV host Xuxa spoke with Raquel Barros, founder of Lua Nova, who explained that people living near her women's shelter initially misunderstood its purpose and thought it was a brothel.

Updated Apr. 21, 2017 2:29PM ET / Published Dec. 05, 2012 3:28PM ET 

At the Women in the World Summit in Brazil, TV host Xuxa spoke with Raquel Barros, founder of Lua Nova, who explained that people living near her women's shelter initially misunderstood its purpose and thought it was a brothel.

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