Number of women murdered up 21% in 10 years
Brasília - Eleonora Menicucci, Special Secretary for Women's Policies, during the release of the data from the 2015 Violence Map: Homicides of Women in Brazil
From 2003 to 2013, the number of female homicide victims went from 3,937 to 4,762—up 21% after a decade. In 2013, the average stood at 13 deaths a day. Data come from the 2015 Violence Map: Homicide of Women in Brazil, put together by the Latin American School of Social Sciences (FLACSO), released today (Nov. 9).
The survey further reveals that 50.3% of women murdered are killed by their own family members, and 33.2% by their partners or former partners.
As for age, the study found a low rate among females younger than ten, a higher figure for those aged up to 19, and a slight downward trend for women older than 19.
In the case of black women, homicides increased 54% in ten years—1,864 in 2003 to 2,875 in 2013. Among white women, in turn, the number of killings dropped 9.8%—1,747 to 1,576.
The country shows a rate of 4.8 murders for each 100 thousand women, the world's fifth highest, according to figures from the World Health Organization, which surveyed 83 countries, FLACSO reported.
The Violence Map is a project developed by researcher Julio Jacobo Waiselfisz, who has published 27 studies since 1994. In 2012, given the relevance of the topic, the first gender-focused research was conducted.
Translated by Fabrício Ferreira
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