Brazil's INSS to Pay Benefit for Women Facing Domestic Violence
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The INSS is a Brazilian government office. It helps people with money problems.
Now, the INSS will pay a new benefit. This means money for people who need help.
The benefit is for women. It is for women who are victims of domestic violence. This means someone hurts them at home.
Sometimes these women must stop working. They need time away from their job to be safe.
The benefit can pay money for up to six months. This helps women who are away from work.
The name of this benefit is the 'Lei Maria da Penha' benefit. Maria da Penha is an important law in Brazil. It protects women from violence.
This benefit gives women an income during a hard time. Income means money they get regularly.
Women do not need to work to get this money. They get it because they are not safe at work.
This new rule helps women stay safe. It also helps them pay for food and other things.
Vocabulary15 words
- INSS
- a government office in Brazil that pays money to people who need help
- benefit
- money that a government gives to help someone
- victim
- a person who is hurt by someone else
- domestic violence
- when someone hurts a person they live with
- income
- money a person gets regularly
- law
- a rule made by the government
- afford
- to have enough money for something
- protect
- to keep someone safe
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- safe
- not in danger
- rule
- something people must follow
- away from work
- not going to your job
- money problems
- not having enough money
- important
- very needed or serious
- help
- to do something good for someone
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1. It pays a new benefit to women 2. — 3. Up to six months
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The INSS is a Brazilian government _____. It helps people with money _____.
Now, the INSS will pay a new _____. This means money for people who need help.
The benefit is for _____. It is for women who are _____ of domestic _____.
Sometimes these women must stop _____. They need time away from their job to be safe.
The benefit can pay money for up to _____ months.
The name of this benefit is the 'Lei Maria da Penha' benefit, an important _____ in Brazil.
This benefit gives women an _____ during a hard time.
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