Tens Of Thousands Of Women In Brasil Protest Against Gender Violence

Tens of Thousands of Women Protest in Brazil Against Gender-Based Violence Brazil Tens of thousands of women took to the streets across Brazil on Sunday to protest against gender-based violence as a record number of female victims and several recent high-profile cases have shocked the country, the Associated Press reported. Women of all ages rallied in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and other cities, demanding an end to feminicide, rape, and misogyny, asking men to join them in their struggle. Some men also took part in the demonstration. Demonstrators in Rio de Janeiro set up dozens of black crosses and carried stickers reading messages such as “machismo kills.” In São Paulo, protesters chanted “Stop killing us” and held signs reading “Enough of femicide,” Al Jazeera added. Among the recent cases that ignited the demonstrations was the murder of an administrative worker in a school in Rio de Janeiro, killed on Nov. 28 by a male colleague. The victim’s sister, who was demonstrating in Copacabana, told the AP that the murderer did not accept having female bosses. Another incident took place on Nov. 28, where a 31-year-old woman was run over by her ex-boyfriend and trapped beneath the car, which dragged her along the concrete for about half a mile, resulting in the woman losing both her legs. Brazil passed a law criminalizing feminicide in 2015, describing the crime as the death of a woman in the domestic sphere or as a result of contempt for women. Last year, 1,492 women were victims of femicide, the highest number since the law was introduced, according to a report by the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety, a think tank. The report also found that more than one in three women in Brazil experienced sexual or gender-based violence over the course of a year. Share this story