Recent data show that sexual violence increases during Carnival. So does women’s fear of becoming victims of this type of crime.
For Black women, the situation is even worse, both in terms of the rape cases identified by the Ministry of Health and the sense of fear, as measured by a survey conducted by the Locomotiva Institute and QuestionPro. Sexual violence was also a topic of discussion across the country due to the trial of former athlete Daniel Alves, who was accused of rape in Spain.
