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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 31 2016 – The UN Women Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean joins the condemnation of the atrocious case of gang rape of a minor girl in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
It said the brutality of the act was extreme, and the degradation of the victim continued through the perpetrators’ sharing of images and recordings on the Internet of this deplorable act.
This crime follows closely upon another alleged rape in Bom Jesus, in the state of Piauí, Brazil, where five men are still under investigation.
UN Women said these events have caused the strongest of condemnation and shock of the international community. A wide range of public entities, civil society organisations, United Nations agencies, mass media, as well as cultural leaders and artists have pronounced their outrage.
“The UN Women Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean joins this fervent condemnation and urges authorities to strictly enforce the law against the perpetrators and protect the integrity and dignity of the victims,”
WHO data shows that forced and unwanted sexual initiation occurs at early ages for many girls in Latin America and the Caribbean.
A significant number of young women informed in all surveys that their first sexual experience was ‘forced’. The surveys also show that husbands, partners and boyfriends were mentioned as perpetrators with the highest frequency.
