Four women killed every day so far in Brazil this year in 'alarming' death toll

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'In most cases, the murdered women had previously denounced their aggressors, faced serious acts of domestic violence, or suffered previous attacks or attempted homicides,' says human rights organisation

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Compared to around 160 men killed every day!

It's actually very low considering a total of 63'880 murders in Brazil in 2017. Four women everyday would add up to 1460 women for a full year. Thus a man in Brazil is 43 times more likely to get murdered than a woman.

Terrible statistic, but hopefully the new president should sort this out.

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