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

Figures & data

Figure 1. Map of Maré in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro showing women residents’ knowledge of the territory regarding armed violence, safety, potencia.

A satellite image of the territory of Maré in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, highlighted in a yellow perimeter. It shows women residents’ knowledge of the territory regarding armed violence, safety and, potencia. Based on this knowledge, stretches of unsafe roads marked in red show unofficial borders containing Maré within the city. Maré’s inner divisions, established by the territorial domain of armed groups are highlighted in green, yellow and red.

Figure 2. Incidence and nature of VAWG in Maré.

Map chart of Maré in a grey background effacing the surrounding urban landscape and showing data on the incidence of violence against women in different regions through pink circles. A bar chart on top right shows the breakdown of types of violence by space (public sphere/private sphere/both) across the favelas.

Figure 3. Networks of support for women in Maré.

Map of Maré in a grey background effacing the surrounding urban landscape and showing the locations, across the favelas, of various women-led initiatives (yellow dots), of community-based organisations (blue dots), and state-led services (purple dots).

Figure 4. Victims reporting VAWG in Maré.

Map chart of Maré in a grey background effacing the surrounding urban landscape and showing data on the reporting of violence through blue circles. A bar chart on top right shows the breakdown of the source of support sought by survivors of VAWG (from Institutions or from personal networks) across the favelas.

Figure 5. Concept map of resistance practices against VAWG in Maré.

Flowchart diagram consisting of text-boxes grouped by colour and connected as each described practice is located within quadrants marking their position in the spectrums of formality-informality as well as individual-collective.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to their containing information that could compromise the privacy of research participants.