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National Report
Para 50) Both policies prioritize rural women’s participation due to their important role in self-consumption production and family nourishment. It is also a means for self-sufficiency and empowerment of women, contributing, over the years, to the mitigation of all kinds of violence against these women.
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National Report
UN Compilation
UN Compilation
Para 29) On the basis of data from the Superior Electoral Court, the United Nations country team reported that, despite representing more than 51.8 per cent of the population and more than 52 per cent of the Brazilian electorate, women were still a minority in politics. The country team highlighted that defamation and threats against women were central to the political violence that affected women’s participation. In the judiciary branch, there was a wider gap with regard to gender equality.