Políticas de enfrentamento à violência contra as mulheres: perspectiva dos profissionais que atuam com mulheres em situação de violência em Juiz de Fora

Abstract

This dissertation analyzes the Public Policies that intent to combat violence against women, specifically, the "Network for Combating Violence Against Women" and Law nº 11.340/2006, known as “Maria da Penha Law”, which aims to create mechanisms with the purpose of curbing and confronting violence against women in Brazil. It also analyzes the understanding of the professionals that work in these public policies about the Maria da Penha Law and its institutional mechanisms, exploring evidence of an interface between the policy for assisting women in situations of violence and the public health network in Juiz de Fora, medium-sized municipality, located in the state of Minas Gerais. As a justification for such research, there is the social relevance of the theme, in which the analysis of the understanding of public policies, through its professionals’ operators, can serve as a parameter to promote prevention and combat strategies against the different forms of violence against women, thus enabling greater effectiveness of intervention and assurance of women rights in the country. The research is based on a qualitative study, in which professionals who work in public policies to combat violence against women in the city in question were interviewed. In order to analyze the information collected in the interviews, it was used the Foucauldian Discourse Analysis, to support a debate about the discursive events, to analyze the statements, the power-knowledge games present in such statements and the truth implied in the speeches. The results point to a fragile link with the network, in which the professionals and public policies institutions maintain a fragmented and isolated practice, lacking professional training to deal with the problem and lacking public investment since the public institutions resources are insufficient to work properly. Another aspect highlighted by this research was the view of the professionals about the people in situations of violence, in which prevailed the categorization of women as fragile, vulnerable and submissive, making it difficult to understand the phenomenon of violence as a social problem, also making it difficult to do a proper intervention since in such understanding women are responsible for the situation of violence in which they find themselves. Finally, it identifies the need for greater State investment to implement public policies to combat violence, as well as greater training for the professionals who work in these policies in order to eliminate the gap in the work against this violence, to promote protection for women in situations of violence and to ensure their due rights.