Brazil Reports Rising Violence Against Women: Rio Confirms 107 Femicides as São Paulo Attempts Double in 2025

Overview

• Rio de Janeiro recorded 107 femicides in 2024, most at home and largely committed by current or former partners, according to the state’s Dossiê Mulher.
• Among the Rio victims, 71% were Black, most were ages 30–59, at least 71 were mothers, and 13 were killed in front of their children.
• The dossier shows escalation before lethal outcomes: 71% had suffered prior aggression, yet only 17 had filed police reports and 13 had protective orders.
• From January to October 2025, São Paulo registered 618 attempted femicides, roughly double the same period in 2023, averaging about two per day.
• A woman was stabbed by her ex-husband inside an assistance center in east São Paulo, while researchers report increasingly brutal methods and experts cite social media misogyny as a potential aggravator.