Brazil accelerates shelter for women fleeing genital mutilation

VEA / RT Brazil will reactivate on Thursday the policy that accelerates recognition as refugees, women and girls from countries where female genital mutilation is still practised, one of the most invisible and standardized violence in the world. The initiative, created two years ago by the National Committee for Refugees (Conare), allows granting refuge in a prima facie way, that is, without the need for long bureaucratic processes. The measure …