Lula Touts Women’s Autonomy in ABC Speech as STF Nomination Pressure Intensifies

Overview

• Lula used a São Bernardo do Campo event with students from popular prep courses to argue that work ensures women’s independence and to denounce domestic violence.
• He referenced the 19th Brazilian Public Security Yearbook, citing 1,492 femicides and 87,545 rape victims as indicators of worsening violence against women.
• The president announced R$108 million in federal funding for the National Network of Popular Prep Courses (CPOP).
• The National Coalition of Women said it delivered letters to the presidency and First Lady Janja urging a woman for the Supreme Court seat vacated by Luís Roberto Barroso and warning that another male pick would sideline gender and race agendas.
• The Supreme Federal Court currently has ten men and one woman and has never had a Black woman justice, and news outlets report Jorge Messias as the frontrunner with no nomination formally made.