The relationship between the Maria da Penha Law and intimate partner violence in two Brazilian states. [PDF]
Int J Equity Health, 2016 Globally, inequality between men and women manifests in a variety of ways. In particular, gender inequality increases the risk of perpetration of violence against women (VAW), especially intimate partner violence (IPV), by males. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 35 % of women have experienced physical, psychological and/or sexual IPV ...
Gattegno MV, Wilkins JD, Evans DP.
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Domestic Violence as a Human Rights Issue Beyond (Criminal) Accountability: A Brazilian Case Study [PDF]
Contemporary Challenges, 2023 The article analyses the domestic implementation of the Maria da Penha Law, a Brazilian federal legal act to combat and prevent domestic and family violence against women.
Helena de Oliveira Augusto
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Experience of women victims of violence about Maria da Penha Law
Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing, 2009 The objective of this research is to understand the experiences of women victims of domestic and family violence, understanding the use of the Maria da Penha Law as a form of empowerment. Also, develop a social context and help to spread the knowledge of
Evelyn Priscila Santinon +3 more
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Records covered under the maria da penha law by the military police in border areas / Registros enquadrados na lei maria da penha realizados pela brigada militar em área de fronteira [PDF]
Revista de Pesquisa Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 2020 OBJETIVO:caracterizar os atendimentos efetuados pela Brigada Militar do 1º Batalhão de Policiamento de Área de Fronteira (1º BPAF) enquadrados como violência contra a mulher na Lei Maria da Penha.
Madeline Mazuí Guterres Suarez Mazuí +3 more
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Mortality and years of life lost to death or disability by interpersonal violence against women in Brazil: Global Burden of Disease Study, 1990 and 2019 [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2022 INTRODUCTION Aggression against women is an important cause of morbidity and death. This study compares the variation of deaths and years of life lost to death or disability (DALY) caused by interpersonal violence against women in Brazil and its states.
Isabella Vitral Pinto +5 more
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Violence against Amazon women Violencia contra mujeres amazónicas Violência contra mulheres amazônicas [PDF]
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2009 This quantitative and exploratory study analyzed violence against Amazon women presented in print media according to type and severity, and whether aggressors fell under the Maria da Penha law. A total of 181 issues of a regional newspaper were consulted.
Vera Lúcia de Azevedo Lima +6 more
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Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem, 2012 O presente estudo procurou analisar as repercussões da Lei Maria da Penha no enfrentamento da violência doméstica contra mulheres, na cidade de Porto Alegre, a partir da visão dos profissionais que constituem a rede de atendimento a elas.
Elisângela da Silva Alves +2 more
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Legal and economic analysis of the changes enacted by Law n. 13,871/2019 on Maria da Penha Law
Revista de Direito Econômico e SocioambientalThis article aims to analyze the legislative innovations and the changes that occur in the individuals’ incentives, which results from Law no. 13,871/2019.
Felipe Sigrist +1 more
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MARITAL VIOLENCE CONTEXT AFTER THE MARIA DA PENHA LAW: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY
Cogitare Enfermagem, 2019 Objective: To analyze the context of marital violence experienced by women in legal proceedings. Methodology: This is a qualitative study based on the grounded theory, conducted with 29 women in legal proceedings for marital violence and nine ...
Jordana Brock Carneiro +6 more
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Gender-based violence in Brazil: an evaluation of the “Maria da Penha Law” (2006-2016)
Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2017 Brazil is a signatory to various international treaties against gender violence and has a specific law on the issue: the “Maria da Penha” Law (LMP), the tenth anniversary of the approval of which was in 2016.
Verônica Maria Teresi
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