Instituto Maria da Penha (IMP), a non-governmental organization that works to combat violence against women in Brazil, has opened its “Relógios da Violência” (Violence Counters) (www.clocksofviolence.com) platform so that any individual or institution worldwide can input statistics on assaults in their country. The initiative starts with data from the United States and Colombia.
According to NOW (National Organization for Women) and the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, every 5.4 hours a woman is murdered by her partner, every 2.3 minutes a woman is a victim of rape, and every 1.1 minutes a woman is a victim of physical violence in the United States. In Colombia, every 10.5 minutes a woman is a victim of intrafamily violence, every 34.9 minutes a woman is a victim of sexual violence, and every 12 hours a woman is murdered, according to figures from the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences.
To publish data, users must register their personal information, the country they reside in, and provide a link to relevant research on the topic. The site will display the number of victims in real-time. In Brazil, the counters record more than a dozen types of violence, including assaults, harassment 
and threats. The group hopes to replicate this type of data for other countries based on the volume of data submitted locally. The goal is to raise awareness about a problem that is not exclusive to Brazil, and that occurs more frequently and variably than one might imagine.
Launched by IMP in August, the awareness campaign pointed out a reality that makes Brazil the fifth most violent country in the world for women. The initiative is already considered a tool that amplifies the voice of militant feminism and facilitates the engagement of anyone who wants to stop the “Relógios da violência.” The platform has also come to be seen as a means of information that encourages women to report incidents.
The information presented by the site in Brazil is based on a study published on March 8, 2017, International Women’s Day. The information was transformed into counters accompanied by the hashtag #TáNaHoraDeParar (It’s Time To Stop), and shared by TV presenters, celebrities, and politicians, with national repercussions.