ON MARCH 14, 2018, BRAZILIAN COUNCILWOMAN, FEMINIST AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST MARIELLE FRANCO WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, LESS THAN TWO HOURS AFTER SHE DELIVERED A SPEECH THE SAME DAY. HER DRIVER, ANDERSON GOMES, WAS ALSO ASSASSINATED.
RAISED IN MARÉ FAVELA, FRANCO, 38, WAS A STAUNCH CRITIC OF POLICE ABUSE AGAINST DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND GENDER VIOLENCE. AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH, SHE WAS ONE OF BRAZIL’S MOST PROMINENT ADVOCATES OF REPRODUCTIVE, GAY AND CIVIL RIGHTS.
I MADE THIS IN HER HONOUR.