"'The world is a horrible place to be a woman': Brazilian writer launches sexual violence campaign", 30 Aug 2017

...[Clara Averbuck,]...Brazilian feminist writer and activist who says she was sexually assaulted by an Uber driver in São Paulo has launched an online campaign after writing and posting about the attack...[,] the latest in a series of digital protests that Brazilian feminists have used to denounce violence against women. "What happened is what happens to hundreds of thousands of Brazilian women," said Averbuck. "This is a daily situation, it's not just Uber."...[She]...has a bruise on her face as a result, she says, of the driver knocking her to the ground while sexually assaulting her. She has yet to decide if she will report the attack to police. She said that as an activist she has witnessed the shabby treatment of women reporting such attacks and is also afraid of possible reprisals...She said she was at a party in São Paulo on Sunday night when friends called an Uber to take her home. When he neared her apartment building, the driver pulled into a darkened street and attacked her. "The driver took advantage of my vulnerable state because I had been drinking," she said...In 2006, Brazil introduced legislation to combat violence against women: the Maria da Penha law...In 2013, more than 4,500 women were killed in Brazil...29% of Brazilian women had suffered verbal, physical or psychological violence in the past year, but 52% of them chose to keep quiet...A spokesman for Uber said that the driver had now been barred from driving for the company...[:]..."Uber repudiates any kind of violence against women. The partner driver was blocked and we are at the disposal of the competent authorities to collaborate with the investigations,"...[also refers to Facebook]