BRAZIL
ABC News (US)
By SANTIAGO WILLS
July 22, 2013
A group of Brazilian women will wear suggestive nun outfits and other erotic attire when they march in Rio this week during Pope Francis’ first visit to Brazil. The protest — called “SlutWalk” — is part of an international rally that began in Toronto in 2011 against sexual profiling and sexual abuse.
“We’ve decided to organize SlutWalk during the Pope’s visit to establish a political counterpoint,” Rogeria Peixinho, an activist from the Association of Brazilian Women, told EFE. “We want to show that there’s another youth and another way of thinking that is against oppression and the control of female sexuality.”
The pope is set to land in Brazil today to celebrate World Youth Day, a five-day gathering between the pope and Catholic youth from all around the globe that takes place every two or three years.
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