Around 85% of black women who have suffered domestic or family violence and do not have enough income to support themselves live with their aggressors within their own home. The number is four times higher than the average of black women who say they have already suffered some type of aggression (21%), regardless of income.
The data comes from the National Survey of Violence against Black Women, carried out by the DataSenado and Nexus institute, in partnership with the Observatory of Women against Violence and the National Survey of Violence against Black Women.
The study considered women who self-declared to be black or mixed race as black. Between August and September 2023, 13,977 black Brazilian women aged 16 or over were interviewed by telephone.
Violence
Among black women who said they were unable to support themselves, one in three (32%) had already suffered some type of aggression. In 24% of cases, the episode occurred in the last 12 months. When asked about specific situations of violence, the number rises to 31% – revealing that some did not, at first, consider what they experienced as domestic abuse.
Children
In addition to income, research shows that the presence of children under the age of 18 also means that women are unable to leave an abusive context – 80% of black women who declared having suffered domestic violence and have minor children continue to live with the aggressor.
The data also shows that, among black women who said they had suffered family violence, 27% said they had no income at all and 39% did not have enough income to support themselves and their dependents, totaling 66% of women victims of violence and without conditions finances to support themselves.
Health
In this same group of women without income to support themselves, the numbers indicate that only 30% sought some type of health assistance after a serious episode of violence. The percentage remains above 60% at all educational levels.
Protective measures
The study also reveals that only 27% of black women who do not have sufficient individual income to support themselves sought protective measures. As with medical care, at all educational levels, the majority did not seek protection – the percentage varied between 65% and 78%.
Justice
The numbers also show that women with less education tend to seek more justice to report violence than those with more education – 49% of illiterate black women and 44% of those with incomplete primary education went to the police station. The percentage drops to 34% among women with completed higher education.
This content was originally published in Black women with little income live with aggressors, says research on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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