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"Activists took over Avenida Paulista in Sao Paulo on Saturday to demand the approval of a bill seeking to criminalise misogyny and equate it with racism in the country. Footage shows members of social movements, legislators, public figures and citizens brought together by the 'Brazil without misogyny' initiative holding placards reading 'We will not go backwards', 'Misogyny cannot go unpunished', 'For the criminalisation of misogyny', among others, as they march and chant slogans. During the protest, Federal Deputy Sonia Guajajara called for accelerating the legislative process to approve the bill. "I, as a federal deputy, as an indigenous leader, bring the voice of indigenous women so that the National Congress can approve the bill that criminalises misogyny, no more hatred, no more violence against women in Brazil and in the world!" she said. Demonstrator Carol stressed the urgency of the measure: "It is a legitimate agenda, an agenda that has already brought thousands of women onto the streets and which remains an urgency for women who have not stopped dying […] and we need a certain backing, a jurisdiction that ensures us some kind of security." Another participant, Carolina, shared, "I am from the interior of Sao Paulo, I travelled 600 kilometres to be here today […] to say enough of misogyny in Brazil, our lives matter, stop the Hugo Motta project! It is about our lives." The protest in Sao Paulo emerged as one of the main focal points of a nationwide mobilisation that gained social and political traction. The final decision now lies with the Chamber of Deputies, which must determine whether to move forward with legislation considered by organisations as key to combating gender-based violence in Brazil. men"
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