Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: We need to start by facing reality, no matter how harsh it may be.
Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: Every six hours a man kills a woman in Brazil.
Each femicide is the result of a sum of daily, silent, normalized acts of violence.
Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: The overwhelming majority of these assaults occur inside the home, in an environment that should be one of protection.
Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: Within such a shocking scenario, I ask: what future will be possible for us if we continue to be one of the countries most violent toward women?