Tag: domestic violence

• Monday, June 2nd 2025 - 17:44 UTC

  Rio condo administrators compelled to report domestic violence incidents

  

  Rio de Janeiro's City Council last week passed Municipal Law 8.913, mandating that condominium managers and administrators immediately report domestic violence cases involving women, children, the elderly, and animals as they unfold. Other cases should be reported within 24 hours, either in person or digitally. Failure to comply might result in heavy fines. Rio's Secretariat for Women's Policies is supporting the initiative by providing resources on the [www.mulher.rio](http://www.mulher.rio) platform.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2025 - 09:15 UTC

  STF extends domestic violence protection to same-sex couples and trans women

  

  In a virtual plenary decision last week, Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled in favor of extending the protection against domestic violence provided for in the so-called Maria da Penha Law to same-sex couples and trans women, thus acquiescing to a request from the Brazilian Association of HomoTransAffective Families, which argued that the National Congress has failed to legislate on the matter.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  With virus confinement in Peru domestic violence has soared: 900 women missing or presumably killed

  

  A staggering more than 900 girls and women are missing and feared dead in Peru since the COVID-19 confinement began, authorities said on Monday. Peru is home to 33 million people long has had a horrific domestic violence problem.