Tabata Amaral: A survey showed us that 43% of evangelical women have already suffered domestic violence — but that survey does not stop there.
Tabata Amaral: It shows that when these women decide to ask for help — and many have — many of them do not first go to the police station, nor to a lawyer, nor to 180.
Fifty-three percent sought the church first, because they look for someone they trust, someone who will welcome them, someone who will listen to them, someone who will say: 'You are not alone'.
Tabata Amaral: This does speak to the strength of faith and religious communities for millions of Brazilian women.
Tabata Amaral: It also raises a question for all of us: why do these women not feel safe to turn to the State?