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The gang rape of the teenager gained attention after videos and photos of the attack were shared on social media by some of the perpetrators. The young woman says she was raped by 33 men. Only a few of them have been arrested.“I want people to know that it is not the woman’s fault. You can’t blame a robbery victim for being robbed,” she told O Globo newspaper Organisers of the powerful display on Copacabana Beach also wore face paint to represent bloody handprints, a symbol also seen on the photos of victims. The organisers say they want more public policies to help stop violence against women.Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Rio and other Brazilian cities to protest violence against women on May 29. They say that this isn’t an isolated case and that Brazil has a deep problem with violence against women. One sexual assault was recorded every 11 minutes in 2014. They’ve continued to speak out against violence, using the hashtag #EstuproNuncaMais (no more rape).In the wake of the attack, Brazil’s interim president, Michel Temer, announced that he would be creating a federal police department to focus on violence against women.