Feminicídio e a violação do direito à vida das mulheres: um fenômeno social em evidência

Abstract

This work highlights the resurgence of violence against women and studies feminicide as an expression of the violation of female rights in its ultimate instance, death, in Brazil, particularly. The selection of the theme comes from the experience within the curricular/internship scope with victims of gender violence, which through qualified active listening allowed us to capture painful reports from women. Derived from a patriarchal system perpetrated for decades, forms of violence against women, although based on gender, present aggravating aspects related to class, race and ethnicity. However, despite the mechanisms to combat and prevent violence against women as national and international normative frameworks and social policies, the murders of Brazilian women is an evident social phenomenon, through the resurgence of crimes against women, essentially, in the Northeast region of Brazil. country. For this reason, this work studies violence against women and the growth in cases of feminicide in a situation in which women's rights are unable to protect their lives. Methodologically, we are based on understanding the phenomena that structure violence against women in a critical-dialectical way, related to the Marxist perspective in order to reveal the mechanisms of women's oppression – associated with capitalism/patriarchy – through bibliographic and documentary survey procedures. , systematized based on qualitative and quantitative data. In summary, this work shows that despite the existence of instruments and public policies to “combat” and prevent violence against women/feminicide, this phenomenon is rooted in society, especially in regions where there is greater impoverishment of the population. Therefore, legislation protecting women is not enough; we must consider the need for public policies with specificities of gender, race and ethnicity. Not only public policies, but also expanding society's understanding for a better understanding of female rights and, consequently, breaking with the violation of rights and patriarchal relations that continue to treat women as “things” or even as secondary in social relations. gender.