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Survey reveals persistence of violence against women even after the Maria da Penha Law

08/05/2012

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Brasilia - The new edition of the Violence Map shows an old problem: in thirty years the homicide rate for women in Brazil fluctuated around 4.4 victims per 100 thousand women. Were murdered between 1980 and 2010, 91,932 women. Almost half of the cases, 43,486 deaths occurred in the last decade.

It said up to 14 years of age the parents are primarily responsible for the violence. The role of aggressor, however, is being progressively replaced by the partner or former partner, from 20 years of age, a situation that remains until the age of 60 years. After 60 years the children predominate in the generation of violence against women.

In force since 2006, the Maria da Penha Law (Law No. 11,340) has created mechanisms to prevent domestic violence against women. According to sociologist Julio Jacobo, author of Map of Violence, violence indicators have stagnated since the changeover. "There is increasing but we are still in the ICU, even without the worsening of the condition."

"The Maria da Penha Law operates in the opposite case of a history of violence, but no law to alter the reality," says Jacobo. He said the mobilization of civil society and the functioning of the government also contribute to the effectiveness of the law. In the second half, the Secretariat of Policies for Women, linked to the Presidency, shall propose a "national pact" to deal with violence against women.

Violence against women makes Brazil the seventh on "femicide" in a ranking of 84 countries, behind El Salvador, Guatemala, Russia and Colombia. Internally, the states with the highest rates of violence against women are the Espirito Santo, Alagoas and Parana, respectively, with rates of 9.4, 8.3 and 6.3 homicides for every 100,000 women. Among the capital, the highest rates are in the Northern Region: Porto Velho, Manaus and Rio Branco.

The survey was based on secondary data obtained from the Mortality Information System (MIS) and Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan) - both from the Ministry of Health to international data, Jacobo used the information system
Statistics from the World Health Organization (WHOSIS, acronym in English).



Source: Online Extra

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