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 violation of their human rights. Furthermore, understanding the role of violence in the State is fundamental in understanding how other forms of violence come to occupy a central role in directing State actions and priorities, as is the case of violence perpetrated against women. Thus, this research is presented in the following format. Problem: what are the results of the implementation of the “Protected Woman Program” in dealing with cases of violence against women and femicides in João Pessoa/PB and Campina Grande/PB? General objective: to analyze the level of effectiveness of the "Protected Woman Program" as a public security policy aimed at confronting the dynamics of violence against women in the state of Paraíba - focusing on the cities of João Pessoa and Campina Grande. Hypothesis: the “Protected Woman Program” has acted effectively in the set of actions aimed at fighting lethal violence against women and femicides in the state of Paraíba in the period 2015-2020. Methodology: a descriptive study of a qualitative-quantitative nature was proposed, using bibliographic methods, through support in the literature, documentary and descriptive-inferential statistics, based on the secondary data collected, combined with an evaluation of the results of the "Protected Woman Program" to be carried out through a case study focusing on this particular public policy, based on the use of criteria and indicators proposed by the researcher, based on the policy's objectives and goals. Results: among the results, it was seen that the program does not have its effectiveness proven from a practical evaluation, based on criteria and indicators such as those proposed by the external evaluator; there is a lack of more robust data to better identify the dimensions of the social problem; equally, 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: from 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 the “Protected Woman Program”, so that it can adapt to the proposed evaluation criteria as an alternative to measure the effectiveness of the policy and; politically, in the sense of representing an active position, recognizing this public problem and demanding mechanisms that allow its evaluation.