Samara Martins: This is a pandemic of violence against women.
Samara Martins: Machismo kills and it must end.
And it is structured in this capitalist system that... also exploits women and is based on oppression, on gender oppression, on racial oppression, because besides women receiving about 23% less than men, and black women receiving roughly 53% less than men, the debate on violence... to end violence against women is not only a moral debate, it is not only a question of concept, it is an economic debate.
Samara Martins: It is necessary to guarantee housing so that women, so that we women, do not have to live with our attackers.
Samara Martins: It is necessary to guarantee income, and that is why we have advocated a 100% increase of the minimum wage, so that women do not depend financially on their attackers.