In 2022, Brazil recorded 67,626 cases of rape against women. “This amounts to approximately one rape every 8 minutes in the country,” reveals the Annual Socioeconomic Report on Women (Raseam), released on Wednesday (April 24) in Brasília by the Ministry of Women.
According to the document, the Southeast, the most populous region in Brazil, recorded the highest number of rapes, totaling 22,917 cases. The South followed with 14,812 occurrences. In the Northeast, 14,165 rapes were recorded; in the North, 8,060 cases; and in the Midwest, 7,672 episodes of this type of violence were documented.
The Raseam compiles statistics from research and administrative records from various sources. For example, the data on rape of women comes from the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, supplemented by the Continuous National Household Sample Survey (PNAD Contínua) from IBGE. This integration highlights the prevalence of this violence against women, evident in the perception of risk. In 2021, one in five women interviewed reported feeling a “medium or high risk of being a victim of sexual violence.”
The report emphasizes that “violence against women operates as a social institution, serving as a mechanism to maintain relations of domination and exploitation.”
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The Annual Socioeconomic Report on Women covers 270 indicators distributed across seven thematic areas. The study reveals that Black women face more adverse conditions compared to white women and men of all ethnicities.
Data from the 2022 Population Census, included in the report, indicates that the largest demographic group in Brazil, regardless of color or gender, is composed of Black women (mixed-race and Black), who represent 54.5% of the population. Furthermore, they are disproportionately affected by sexual, domestic, and various other forms of violence. Statistics from the Ministry of Health, also presented in the report, reinforce this disparity, revealing that in 2022, 59.8% of assault victims were Black, over 38% were white, and nearly 1% were Indigenous.
Source: Agência Brasil