Raphael Tsavkko Garcia

Bio

Raphael Tsavkko Garcia is a Brazilian freelance journalist and PhD candidate in Human Rights (University of Deusto).

WMC Women Under Siege

January 12, 2021 | Raphael Tsavkko Garcia | Feminism, Free Speech, Gender-based violence, International, LGBTQIA, Politics, Violence against women

Black and Trans Women Fight for Safety and Visibility in Brazil’s Far-Right Government

The growth in political representation of Black and trans women in Brazil's city governments has not gone unnoticed by right-wing parties, making them visible targets for racist and death threats and abuse.

WMC Women Under Siege

April 20, 2020 | Raphael Tsavkko Garcia | Disability, Gender-based violence, International, Misogyny, Violence against women, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program

While murder rates fall in Brazil, femicide remains on the rise

While murder rates are falling in Brazil, femicide rates continue to steadily climb, and with President Jair Bolsonaro at the helm, there are no promising signs of the violence abating.

WMC Women Under Siege

February 24, 2019 | Raphael Tsavkko Garcia | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women

Bolsonaro’s new gun law could put Brazil’s women in the line of fire

In January 2019, Brazil's newly-elected president Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree relaxing restrictions on gun ownership, a move that could endanger women further in a country ranked first in the world for firearm mortality and fifth for femicides.