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Brazil: The Violence Against Women Debate

By Global Voices Online • on November 26, 2009

LuluzinhaCamp badge: “‘Luluzinhas’ for the end of violence against women”.

The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women was yesterday. Following a series of special posts on Global Voices Online to raise awareness and voices around the cause, we’ll see in this post some Brazilian bloggers’ opinions about women’s rights.

Renowned Brazilian blogger Lúcia Freitas [pt] gives her contribution by posting a call for bloggers to support a campaign [pt] against violence in the LuluzinhaCamp [pt], a collective of women bloggers inspired on the Little Lulu comics:

Chamada geral! Entre 25 de novembro e 10 de dezembro estamos convocando para a luta pelo fim da violência contra as mulheres. Vamos fazer posts, twittar, fotografar e lembrar que mulheres são seres humanos e merecem respeito – aliás, todo mundo merece…

General call! From November 25th through December 10th we invite you to join us in the struggle to put an end to the violence against women. We’re going to write blog posts, tweet, take photos and remind that women are human beings and deserve respect – by the way, everyone does…