Murdered with several shots when returning from an event on the defense of the rights of black women, on March 14, 2018, councilwoman Marielle Franco was the victim of political femicide. The assessment is made by the state representative from Rio de Janeiro, Renata Souza (PSOL). The new concept for this type of crime was defended by Souza, in his post-doctorate in Politics, Discourses and Society. Political feminicide would be the murder of a woman to silence her political struggle. According to the deputy, this happened to Marielle and other female leaders, such as the missionary Dorothy Stang (who opposed the illegal exploitation of the forest) and the judge Patrícia Acioly (who fought against police violence). The three were murdered by gunmen because of their actions against illegalities. “Political femicide exists. Marielle was a victim of political femicide, like other women. Political gender violence tries to interdict our actions and make our actions unfeasible”, said Renata Souza, re-elected in 2022 for her second term in the state Legislative Assembly (Alerj). Renata Souza, “born and raised” in Complexo da Maré, highlighted that black women, coming from the favelas, who occupy space in parliament cause discomfort. periphery, LGBTQIA+”, he said, in a seminar held to honor Marielle Franco, this Monday (13), at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz). until February of this year, states that Marielle’s mandate, by itself, challenged a “racist and sexist society”. “Black women are crossed by a history of existence in tragedy: sexism, racial smo, the extreme dehumanization, all of this culminated in Marielle’s execution. It’s not that Marielle, in her mandate, challenged people. The biggest challenge was the very occupation of a space not intended for black women. And the existence of black women is a threat in a racist society”, she said, during the seminar. Councilor Mônica Cunha (PSOL) was not born or raised in any favela, but, as a black woman, whose son was imprisoned and murdered, she shares the pain of many residents of poor communities. “Marielle was a beacon, a light. She ‘arrived’ and that bothers her. It bothered her because she wasn’t alone. She was all of us”, said the councilor. Dicionário de Favelas The event was promoted by the team at Dicionário de Favelas Marielle Franco, an online platform, maintained by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), which brings together more than 1,500 entries related to the reality of Brazilian communities and which had the support of the murdered councilwoman, when was still being idealized. For Sônia Fleury, coordinator of the dictionary, Marielle Franco inspired black women living in favelas to seek political leadership. “Marielle is a national and international symbol of an insurgent citizenship, which touched the emotions of young people, that it is possible to do politics in another way”, she emphasized. “You have to think that there is a movement from the favelas to parliament. Marielle is the symbol of this and has left seeds, ”she added.
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