The Minister of Women, Family and Human Rights, Damares Alves, highlighted this Monday (28), during the 49th annual session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN), in Geneva, the reduction in violent deaths of children and adolescents in Brazil.
According to the latest Data SUS report, the reduction was, on average, 40% in the 2019-2021 biennium, compared to the previous biennium.
Today, for the third time, I took up the rostrum of the United Nations to defend life from conception, to defend peace between nations and to present all the achievements of the Bolsonaro government that the press tries to hide.#humanrightsforall pic.twitter.com/qs7a3FvJJv
— Damares Alves (@DamaresAlves) February 28, 2022
Another index highlighted by the minister was an 18% drop in teenage pregnancy records. She highlighted investments of R$ 600 million in the fight in the National Plan to Combat Femicide.
At one point in the speech, which lasted about seven minutes, Damares Alves stated that “the Bolsonaro government has always promoted and defended peace”. The minister did not cite any specific conflict.
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Damares also presented a position against abortion. “We defend freedom and life, from conception, as the most fundamental human rights”, said the minister.
(*With information from Agência Brasil)
Source: CNN Brasil
