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

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) remains one of the most significant problems affecting women globally with its elimination being central to achieving SDG 5 on gender equality. While information on its prevalence is increasing globally, this is often at the national scale with limited local-level data. Responding to feminist critiques of SDG 5 and target 5.2 in terms of the importance of capturing more nuanced data on grassroots women’s experiences as agents rather than victims, this paper reflects on countermapping VAWG in the favelas of Maré in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Drawing on countermapping methodologies, it analyses a series of countermaps highlighting the prevalence of VAWG, but also the need to report and resist it locally. Only by revealing the complexity of VAWG and women’s practices to deal with it can such violence be truly eliminated in order to meet SDG 5 and target 5.2.

针对妇女和女童的暴力行为（Violence Against Women and Girls，VAWG）仍是全球范围内影响女性的最严峻问题之一，消除此类暴力是实现性别平等可持续发展目标5（SDG 5）的核心要务。尽管全球范围内关于其发生率的相关信息正逐步增多，但这类数据大多仅覆盖国家层面，地方层级的统计数据却极为匮乏。为回应学界针对SDG 5及其具体目标5.2提出的女权主义批判——这类批判强调，需针对作为行动主体而非受害者的基层女性的经历采集更具细节的精细化数据，而当前此类数据收集存在不足，本文探讨了巴西里约热内卢马雷贫民窟地区针对妇女和女童的暴力行为反制图实践。本文依托反制图方法论，对一系列反制图作品展开分析，这些作品既凸显了针对妇女和女童的暴力行为的高发态势，也强调了在地方层面上报并抵制此类暴力的必要性。唯有揭示针对妇女和女童的暴力行为的复杂性，以及女性应对此类暴力的实践举措，才能真正根除此类暴力，进而达成SDG 5及其具体目标5.2。