Erika Hilton: It is a misogynistic, patriarchal, hateful State that persecutes and kills a Councilwoman, democratically elected, and constantly kills anonymous women.
Erika Hilton: There is a brutal increase in femicide in our country.
I used this podium yesterday to speak out about that disgusting, shameful sentence from the Court of Justice of the State of Minas Gerais, which said that a 12-year-old child was the wife of a 35-year-old man.
Erika Hilton: This crime and this sentence are symptomatic of this Brazil, of this reality.
Erika Hilton: We need to make a profound reparation, to give dignity to those who are still treated and seen as unworthy.