The minister’s statement followed the dismissal of Human Rights Minister Silvio Almeida by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after allegations of sexual harassment.
Efforts include the No Means No protocol wherever alcohol is sold, which seeks to enforce women’s right to be taken away from aggressors and be protected by people of their choice while in the establishment or as they wait for transportation.
The legal advice explicitly declares that sexual harassment now warrants dismissal, the most severe penalty under the existing law governing federal civil servants.
With the motto “Tourism respects women,” the initiative comes after an episode in which US tourists went to a São Paulo party organized by dating coaches hired to help them meet Brazilian women. The case has been brought under scrutiny by the police.
Daniella Marques Consentino, special secretary for Productivity and Competitiveness at Brazil’s Ministry of Economy, comes to replace Pedro Guimarães.
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