Quotations
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To advocate means to address the government in the organ related to what you’re doing, in this case, the police system, or the judiciary system in a very, very coordinated way. When you advocate, you have to build an argument. You cannot go and say, "Oh, okay. You know, yes. I want police…" "Why?" So if you have data to back up what you’re saying, if you have sound arguments, “Okay, we need the police station because of the women that suffered violence, 98% do not receive any protection from the state, etc.” So it’s data. Then, whenever you do an advocacy work, you have to understand that advocacy’s negotiation. Advocacy’s not imposition. You’re not imposing, because you impose things on an authoritarian government. Democracy means negotiating, up to a certain point.
—Jacqueline Pitanguy
