O uso do Centro de Referência da Mulher- CRAM em Cajazeiras-PB e o empoderamento feminino como garantia de direitos.

Abstract

Gender violence over time has become a public issue that has demonstrated the need for more effective policies, such as the establishment of Women's Reference Centers (Centros de Referência da Mulher – CRAM) in municipalities. It is also a violation of the right to security within the household. Based on the high levels of violence and on the challenge that is monitoring actions concerning public policies in the fight against violence, this study aimed at analyzing how victimized women have made use of the Women's Reference Center - CRAM in the city of Cajazeiras, Paraíba. To this end, a documentary research was carried out with the examination of 284 records reported at the Susane Alves CRAM from January 2010 to December 2015. From the construction of a theoretical dialogue where gender was discussed as a historical and social category, and by carrying out an analysis of the role of the agencies in the network that see to women in a situation of violence, the central question investigated sought to understand how the agency is used by women with a specific profile in need of further empowerment in the face of social vulnerability. The results of the survey pointed out that the center is used as a women’s empowerment strategy, with most cases representing women who are in a situation of violence in the municipality of Cajazeiras (91.2%), live in the urban area (90%), are 40 years old or less (61.3%) and have not completed elementary school. Psychological violence was observed in 38.2% of the answers dealing with the classification of violence, followed by physical violence with 22.3%. The cases also point to the existence of a positive effectiveness of the agency in regard to the service network and it takes on the role of provider of psychological, social and legal support, as well as guidance and information to women in situations of violence and works together with other institutions in the network against violence, contributing to the empowerment of women and restoring the guarantee of the rights to a life free from situations of violence.