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Budget cuts hinder work of NGO helping battered women in Brazil
Lucrecia Franco
03:09

While femicide hit an all-time high in Brazil during the first half of 2022 – at an average of four deaths per day - the budget allocated to help combat violence against women was the lowest since at least 2016. 

This was no surprise to a Rio de Janeiro NGO who has been tackling gender-based violence for the past three decades. 

Lucrecia Franco in Rio de Janeiro reports.

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