Rio Carnival parade will spotlight sex workers in effort to dismantle stigma
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Rio Carnival parade will spotlight sex workers in effort to dismantle stigma

When Lourdes Barreto fled her home in Brazil's northeastern state of Paraiba as a teenager - a move that launched her into sex work and a lifetime of activism - she never imagined that a samba school in Rio de Janeiro would pay tribute to her life's journey six decades later.