A efetivação da lei “Maria da Penha”: uma análise do atendimento às mulheres vítimas de violência doméstica na Delegacia da Mulher da cidade de Sousa - PB.

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the effectiveness of Law 11.340 / 2006 known as Lei Maria da Penha (LMP). Within one of the main mechanisms of care for women in situations of domestic violence in the city of Sousa / PB, the Specialized Police Department of Women's Assistance (DEAM), in view of the attendance at the institution, considering the progress since the enactment of this law and the challenges to be overcome for its execution. When we report on the confrontation of this violence, we highlight the struggle and participation of the feminist movements in this historical conquest. Since its genesis the Feminist Movement has denounced the inequalities between men and women and specifically the violence directed against them, in this way, the force of these movements pressured the State for public policies in favor of this segment, generating a greater visibility to the phenomenon violence against the woman. It was from the 1980s that the struggles began for the first policies aimed at combating domestic violence against women, which resulted in the creation of the first DEAM in Brazil in 1985, but they did not always act in the understanding of the gender category. With the advent of the LMP in 2006, intervention for this type of crime has gained new functions. In view of this, the research was carried out at the DEAM de Sousa / PB, with the purpose of knowing the specificities of the Maria da Penha Law in the Municipality through a semistructured questionnaire, through interviews with the professionals that make up this institution. The results of the field survey revealed that with the arrival of the Maria da Penha Law, there was progress in denouncing the victims of violence, in particular the protection measures, but there is still resistance to the complaint due to the absence of public policies for the women, that is, the opening of the State to provide means for them not to be afraid to report.