Violence against women in Brazil and Uruguay: the experiences of the Maria da Penha Law and Domestic Violence Law

Authors

  • Mari Cleise Sandalowski Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS
  • Gabriela Felten da Maia Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Santa Cruz do Sul, RS
  • Paola Stuker Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS
  • Maruá Pereira Lock Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2236672525580

Keywords:

Violence against women, Maria da Penha Law, Domestic Violence Law, Mapping Violence, Legal Sociology.

Abstract

This work results from a sociological study of the marital situations violence against women. The theoretical and methodological approach is guided by the perspective of legal sociology. The objective was to conduct a study on the changes implemented by the laws of existing violence against women in Brazil and Uruguay in its successful applications in marital relations. We selected three regions of Rio Grande do Sul (north, center and border) and a Uruguayan town on the border with Brazil, which examined data for the years 2005-2009, from collection in police stations of Rio Grande do South and information on violence in Uruguay. It was observed that domestic violence is present in the daily lives of women in these regions, regardless of their socio-economic and cultural contexts. Despite the advances, laws to protect women are limited, especially with regard to the protection and prevention of this form of violence.

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Published

2017-01-11

How to Cite

Sandalowski, M. C., da Maia, G. F., Stuker, P., & Lock, M. P. (2017). Violence against women in Brazil and Uruguay: the experiences of the Maria da Penha Law and Domestic Violence Law. Século XXI: Journal of Social Sciences, 6(1), 235–262. https://doi.org/10.5902/2236672525580

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2016): Dossier Secularization and Laicity: Public Controversies

Section

Varia

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