Human Rights Violations of Women in Dictatorship

Authors

  • Maria Amélia de Almeida Teles Comissão da Verdade do Estado de São Paulo “Rubens Paiva” União de Mulheres de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/%25x

Abstract

The article comments on the general situation of Brazilian women in the years of 1960 and 1970 emphasizing the women participation in the fight against the dictatorship and the modus operandi of the misogynist oppressive system that used the body, the sexuality and the maternity to intensify the torture or cruelly exterminate some militants women. It highlights the political role of the Truth Commission for giving voice to the victims: women that could only speak in public for the first time after over four decades of the occurred facts. The text also proposes that sex crimes and gender crimes come to be properly investigatedand the responsibilities determined even after 40 years for being those crimes against humanity.

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Published

2015-11-20

How to Cite

Teles, M. A. de A. (2015). Human Rights Violations of Women in Dictatorship. Revista Estudos Feministas, 23(3), 1001–1002. https://doi.org/10.1590/%x

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 3 (2015)

Section

Seção Temática: Gênero, Feminismos e Ditaduras no Cone Sul

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