Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: Even with the increased penalties for femicide, with up to 40 years' imprisonment for the murderers, men continue to assault and kill women.
Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: We cannot resign ourselves.
That is why I launched the National Pact Brazil against Femicide, which I signed in February, bringing together the three branches of government to protect women's lives.
Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: Last Friday, we announced a set of actions to be implemented immediately.
Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: To begin, a task force from the Ministry of Justice in partnership with the state governments, to arrest more than 2,000 perpetrators of violence against women who cannot and will not remain at large.