Women without Shelter: Stories of Fear and Survival when the Road Is the Worst

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Being a woman on the street is an added fragility, some women who spoke to Lisa confessed. At the loss of dignity and self-esteem they join violence, humiliation, fear and the need for self-protection strategies. Maria (name of fictitious), 48 years old, has lived six months in a reception unit of the Living and Peace Community, one of the few with rooms for women. Before that, she spent three years in the street, after refusing to live with a v…

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In the last two years, the total number of people supported by the Portuguese Red Cross has increased by 126% and women are increasingly less exception.