60% of victims broke up with the aggressor, shows research by Instituto Patrícia Galvão and Consulting do Brasil
Two in ten women (21%) in Brazil have been threatened with death by current or former romantic partners and 6 in 10 know someone who has experienced this situation. In both cases, black women (black and brown) are the largest number. The data comes from the survey Fear, threat and risk: women’s perceptions and experiences about domestic violence and feminicide, carried out by the Instituto Patrícia Galvão and the company Consulting do Brasil.
The survey also shows that 6 in 10 threatened women broke up with their aggressor after intimidation, with this decision being more common among black victims than among white victims. The research, released on Monday (25.Nov.2024), had the support of the Ministry of Women and was made possible by an amendment from the federal deputy (Psol-SP).
Although 44% of victims were very afraid, only 30% of them filed a complaint with the police and 17% asked for a protective measure, a mechanism that can determine that the aggressor stays away from the victim and prevents him from having contact with him. This data is related to others cited in the research, which is that two out of every 3 women believe that women’s attackers remain unpunished and that 1/5 think they end up in prison.
For the majority of Brazilian women (60%), the feeling that aggressors do not pay for the harm they do is related to the increase in cases of femicide. In the online questionnaire, answered in October this year by 1,353 women of legal age, 42% of participants agreed with the statement that women threatened with death imagine that the aggressors will never implement what they promise. In other words, they believe that the threat does not represent a real risk of being murdered by them.
At the same time, 80% of women in the country believe that, although the women’s service network is good, it does not meet the demand. In relation to ways of combating violence, the same proportion highlights campaigns to encourage complaints and social networks as powerful tools.
A significant portion, also 80%, thinks that neither the justice system nor the police authorities take threats and formalized complaints with due seriousness. The majority (90%) of respondents are also of the opinion that the occurrences of femicide have increased in the last 5 years.
How to find information and ask for help
The full version of the research can be read at , where it is also possible to find data on the different types of violence.
There are also several ways to ask for help, if necessary. Among them, the 180 telephone number, specifically for assisting victims of domestic violence, the police stations specialized in assisting women and the Casa da Mulher Brasileira, which has 10 units spread across the country (Campo Grande; Fortaleza; Ceilândia (Federal District); Curitiba; São Luís; Boa Vista;
Campo Grande, Fortaleza, Ceilândia, Curitiba, São Luís, Boa Vista, São Paulo, Salvador, Teresina, Ananindeua
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