A violência letal contra mulheres na Paraíba: avaliando o Programa Mulher Protegida.

Abstract

Violence against women represents a serious social and political problem, and a clear violation of their human rights. Furthermore, understanding the role of violence in the State is fundamental to understanding how other forms of violence come to occupy a central role in directing state actions and priorities that become public policies, as is the case of violence perpetrated against women. In this way, this research is presented in the following format. Problem: what are the results from the implementation of the “Programa Mulher Protegida” in dealing with cases of violence against women and femicides in João Pessoa/PB and Campina Grande/PB? General objective: Analyzing the level of effectiveness of “Programa Mulher Protegida” as a public security policy aimed at confronting the dynamics of lethal violence against women and femicides in the state of Paraíba - focusing on the cities of João Pessoa and Campina Grande. Hypothesis: The “Programa Mulher Protegida” has acted effectively in the set of actions aimed at confronting lethal violence against women and femicides in the state of Paraíba in the period 2015-2020. Methodology: a qualitative and quantitative descriptive study was proposed using bibliographical methods supported by literature, documents, and descriptive-inferential statistics based on the secondary data collected, combined with an evaluation of the results of “Programa Mulher Protegida” to be carried out through a case study. Which focused on this particular public policy, based on the use of criteria and indicators proposed by the researcher, and the objectives and goals of the policy. Results: Among the results based on criteria and indicators such as those proposed by this external evaluator, it was noticed that the program does not have its effectiveness proven from a practical evaluation. There is a lack of more robust data to better identify the dimensions of the social problem. Likewise, the program lacks a well-defined method for analyzing the social problem of violence against women; there is still the absence of a logical framework and, the absence of data capable of meeting the criteria proposed in the initial methodology of the project itself and capable of making the evaluation possible. Conclusion: considering the above, it is expected that this research can contribute academically, in the sense of strengthening a research agenda in the field of public security policies; socially, in the sense of enabling a didactic understanding of the technical content and offering policymakers the instruments for a substantial change in “Programa Mulher Protegida”, so that it can adapt to the proposed evaluation criteria as an alternative to measuring the effectiveness of the policy and; politically, in the sense of representing an active position of recognition of this public problem and demand for mechanisms that allow its real evaluation.