Brazil posts grim record of 4 femicides a day in 2023

An average of four Brazilian women per day were murdered for motives linked to their gender in 2023, according to a study published Thursday on the eve of International Women’s Day. The Brazilian Public Security Forum (FBSP) NGO collected data from police records which showed 1,463 femicides last year, a 1.6 percent increase from 2022. […]

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