A proteção à mulher em situação de violência doméstica e familiar na cidade de Juiz de Fora: um recorte pela lente dos atores responsáveis pela implementação da política pública

Abstract

This dissertation seeks to study the public policy to protect women in situations of domestic and family violence in the city of Juiz de Fora, from the perspective of the actors who provide care to women in this situation. To this end, a mapping of the service network operating in the municipality was carried out, opting to carry out the research with the public actors in charge of implementing the policy. Domestic and family violence against women was considered from the perspective of feminist theories, in particular those that report gender inequality, patriarchy and male domination as naturalization factors of this form of violence in society. The field of public policies was mobilized as a framework for analysis, especially studies on the implementation phase of public policies, the contribution of neoinstitutionalism, impacting variables from the top down perspective, as well as the role of the actors involved. Field research was carried out, consisting of semi-structured interviews, with professionals working in public facilities designed to assist women. The theme approach with these professionals sought to identify divisions, ruptures and incompleteness that constitute obstacles to the implementation of the policy in the city of Juiz de Fora. The results were analyzed in the light of mobilized theories and the findings of similar research, carried out at the national level, from the implementation of the Maria da Penha Law. The conclusion was that there is a relatively well-structured and articulated service network in Juiz de Fora, although the same precarious conditions found at the national level by other studies still persist. It was also verified the persistence of conflicting institutional aspects with the woman protection policy foreseen in the Maria da Penha Law, especially affections to the familist conception of service, reported in some speeches, as well as the identification of the institutions of patriarchy, of male domination and of machismo present in the daily life of the service network.