SHELTERED WOMEN IN THE LILAS HOUSE

Abstract

Aim: to characterize the women housed in the Lilas House from February 2009 to June 2016 in Porto Alegre – RS; to identify the services that guide them and if the institution shelters women in situations of violence. Porto Alegre - RS. Method: a descriptive, documentary, quantitative study conducted in July 2016, from the records of women housed in Lilas House. The analysis was performed using descriptive statistics. Results: 146 women were housed for at least three days. The majority of those women had the following characteristics: they were aged between 18 and 39 years old, white, single, with up to four children, incomplete elementary school, unemployed and sent to the Lilás House by Reference Centers of Social Assistance (52.7%) and Public Prosecutor (29.5%). The situation of violence represented 32%. Physical and psychological violence were the most reported by the women. Conclusions: the results of this study contribute to the visibility of the seriousness of the problem of women living in situations of social vulnerability and violence.