MOBILIZATION
Day of Struggle: Women take to the streets across Brazil on March 8; check out highlights
Acts were organized by popular movements, trade unions, and other entities
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Tag: femicide
WOMEN'S DAY
Women from the Landless Workers’ Movement hold a demonstration in front of Taurus arms company in São Paulo
Protest highlighted the increase in femicide cases committed with firearms in Brazil
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FEMICIDE
‘To travel isn’t a problem; the problem is to be a woman’: solo travelers associate violence with sexism
After the killing of Julieta Hernández, women report widespread fear, both at home and on the road
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RACISM
Homicides rise among Black women and drop among non-Black women
Data released on December 5 by Ipea reinforces the link between violence and the racial issue
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SOCIAL AID
Lula enacts pensions for orphans of femicide victims
“We are talking about kids and teens who are alone in the world,” says Maria do Rosário, the bill’s author
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Feminism
On March 8, women all over Brazil honor Marielle Franco and attack Bolsonaro
Thousands of demonstrators took to the street in all states; 50,000 gathered in São Paulo
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homicide
Femicide in Brazil is directly linked to race and class, according to researchers
Researchers express concern over alarming racial asymmetries in regards to femicide and violence against women.
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