Half of Brazilian women claim to have faced violence from partners

More than half of Brazilian women (54%) who have been in relationships with men reported having experienced some form of violence from them. However, only 11 percent of men who have been in relationships with women admit to having committed acts of violence against partners or ex-partners. The results are included in the study 20 anos da Lei Maria da Penha: percepção da sociedade brasileira (“Twenty Years of the Maria da Penha Law – Perceptions of Brazilian Society”), conducted by the Patrícia…