Brazil's Misogyny Bill Moves to Lower House as First Lady Presses for Quick Vote

Overview

• Janja Lula da Silva posted a video Friday urging the Chamber of Deputies to vote quickly and called out deputy Nikolas Ferreira for spreading false claims about the bill, while appealing directly to Speaker Hugo Motta.
• The proposal now in the Chamber would treat misogyny like racism, making related crimes nonbailable and without a statute of limitations under Brazil’s anti-discrimination law.
• The Senate, which voted unanimously Tuesday, set prison terms of 1 to 3 years for discriminatory acts and 2 to 5 years for insults motivated by misogyny, with penalties doubled in domestic-violence cases.
• Right-wing deputies and influencers are mobilizing online to stop the measure, branding it censorship and invoking “misandry,” a claim experts and UN Women say lacks factual basis.
• Police in Mato Grosso reported 12 arrests in Operation Lilás, highlighting enforcement drives in a country that logged nearly six femicides a day in 2025 and where restraining orders have often failed to prevent killings.