Podcast: How to prove a complaint of sexual violence

With the resignation of former president of Caixa Econômica Federal Pedro Guimarães after accusations of sexual harassment, new reports have come to light. Women who made the complaints say that the top of the public bank knew about the cases – and that the secrecy of one of them would have been violated by Caixa’s internal affairs department, with the report reaching Guimarães’ assistants.

Faced with the suspicion that executives may have covered up Guimarães’ conduct, the Federal Audit Court will oversee Caixa’s policy to prevent and combat harassment.

In cases of sexual harassment, it is not uncommon for a network of people to know about the conduct of potential aggressors and keep silent. And also that the channels responsible for investigating complaints put the victims’ reports in doubt and do not take the case forward.

This Monday (11), Café da Manhã talks to journalist Cristina Fibe, who is the author of the book “João de Deus – O Abuso da Fé”, about the difficulties that women face when they decide to talk about abuse they have suffered and about authorities’ failure to investigate allegations.

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Café da Manhã is published from Monday to Friday, always at the beginning of the day. The episode is presented by journalists Maurício Meireles and Magê Flores, with production by Jéssica Maes, Laila Mouallem, Raphael Concli and Victor Lacombe. Sound editing is by Thomé Granemann and Raphael Concli.