Woman at the end of the world

Feminicidal Violence Against Black Women's Health

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ID5334729
AuthorsMariana Freitas Da Costa (0009-0007-3977-4758, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Cristiane Brandão Augusto (0000-0002-7541-4617, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Maria Celeste Simões Marques (0000-0003-4156-0939, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Year2023
Volume47
Issuespe1
Publication date2023-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSaúde em Debate (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0103-1104 • E-ISSN: 2358-2898
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/2358-28982023e19100i
OpenAlexW4397008433
SciELOS0103-11042023000500300
LanguageEN
References cited13

This article discusses feminicidal violence and some of its manifestations against Black women. It aims to highlight how everyday experiences and social and power relationships affect this population group and trivialize the violence that affects them, legitimizing high mortality rates from different preventable causes without these being considered a public health problem. Based on a bibliographical survey, the text shows the avoidability of deaths in cases of malignant neoplasms, HIV/AIDS, and suicide resulting from the mitigated access to healthcare associated with subjugations in the racist patriarchal system. Negligence and disregard motivated by structural racism and misogyny shape the death of Black women, revealed by a necropolitics of late diagnoses, failures in sensitization and prevention campaigns, lack of receptiveness, and adequate policies for that population. Relating such violations of the right to health with songs by Elza Soares, this study aims to bring art as an instrument of denunciation and a revival of silenced voices

Black women · Sociology · Diversity and Career in Medicine · Gender Studies · History · Medicine

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