Violência doméstica em Alagoas: rede de apoio e acessibilidade

Abstract

This monograph seeks to show how the only voluntary work in the field of Com- munity Justice in Alagoas, known as the Ministério Público Comunitário (MPCOM), focuses on community mediation of conflicts, highlighting its commitment to promot- ing rights through approximation (or attempt) of the user to the basic care network and also the awareness of rights and duties. Conflict mediation, as one of the main services offered, seeks through dialogue to re-establish the autonomy of the popula- tion, especially the conflicting parties, showing that respect for the speech and space of the other is essential for the resolution of some impasse. The inefficiency of public policies, the marginalization of a whole reality and the impact on the life of women in- serted in this context are central aspects of this work and will be addressed by inves- tigating the trajectory of Vergel neighborhood, where the program is located, and its adjacencies as a region of low-income housing, stigmatized by society due to the ori- gin of the area and the way in which the occupation took place in opposition to the State's position. The issue of gender will be addressed in a specific and more comprehensive way, that is, the issue will be addressed within the Vergel do Lago neighborhood and in a broader sense in the national territory, exposing feminist and historian ap- proaches that exemplify unequal gender relations, how they reproduce and are per- petuated, associating them with racial and economic aspects. Finally, this work addresses the survival of the public institutions that aim at serv- ing the population which lives under vulnerable situation. It is a question of both lack of investment and the difficulty of working in a group where the majority have not yet begun to question social and gender inequalities, making the process of having ac- cess to public policies even more difficult.