Countermapping SDG 5 to address violence against women and girls in the favelas of Maré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

TY - JOUR

T1 - Countermapping SDG 5 to address violence against women and girls in the favelas of Maré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

AU - McIlwaine, Cathy

AU - Rizzini Ansari, Moniza

AU - Gonçalves Leal, Julia

AU - Vieira, Fernanda

AU - Sousa dos Santos, Joelma

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Funding Information: This work was supported by the British Academy and the Global Challenges Research Fund under grant HDV190030 based in earlier research funded by the ESRC and Newton Fund under grant ES/N013247/1 and ES/N013247/2. We would like to thank Andreza Dionisio Pereira who also contributed to the fieldwork in Maré as well as Paul Heritage and Renata Peppl from Queen Mary University of London and People’s Palace Projects, Eliana Sousa Silva from Redes da Maré and Miriam Krenzinger from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. We are grateful to Maikon Saldanha who provided the base map of Maré and to Steven Bernard who developed the cartographic design and maps. Most of all we extend our gratitude to the women of Maré who were interviewed as part of this research. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

PY - 2023/3/1

Y1 - 2023/3/1

N2 - Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) remains one of the most significant problems affecting women globally with its elimination being central to achieving SDG 5 on gender equality. While information on its prevalence is increasing globally, this is often at the national scale with limited local level data. Responding to feminist critiques of SDG 5 and target 5.2 in terms of the importance of capturing more nuanced data on grassroots women’s experiences as agents rather than victims, this paper reflects on countermapping VAWG in the favelas of Maré in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Drawing on countermapping methodologies, it analyses a series of countermaps highlighting the prevalence of VAWG, but also the need to report and resist it locally. Only by revealing the complexity of VAWG and women’s practices to deal with it can such violence be truly eliminated in order to meet SDG 5 and target 5.2.

AB - Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) remains one of the most significant problems affecting women globally with its elimination being central to achieving SDG 5 on gender equality. While information on its prevalence is increasing globally, this is often at the national scale with limited local level data. Responding to feminist critiques of SDG 5 and target 5.2 in terms of the importance of capturing more nuanced data on grassroots women’s experiences as agents rather than victims, this paper reflects on countermapping VAWG in the favelas of Maré in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Drawing on countermapping methodologies, it analyses a series of countermaps highlighting the prevalence of VAWG, but also the need to report and resist it locally. Only by revealing the complexity of VAWG and women’s practices to deal with it can such violence be truly eliminated in order to meet SDG 5 and target 5.2.

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U2 - 10.1080/17445647.2023.2178343

DO - 10.1080/17445647.2023.2178343

M3 - Article

SN - 1744-5647

VL - 19

JO - Journal of Maps

JF - Journal of Maps

IS - 1

M1 - 2178343

ER -