A (in)eficácia das medidas protetivas e a violência doméstica e familiar: impactos do isolamento forçado diante da pandemia de COVID-19

Abstract

This article aims to analyze Law no. 11.340, of August 7, 2006, known as Lei Maria da Penha, created as a legal instrument to protect the physical, moral, psychological, social and patrimonial integrity of women in the face of gender violence. We propose this work as a way to analyze the effectiveness of urgent protective measures arising from the Maria da Penha Law after 14 years of validity. In the meantime, we seek to show the difficulties of identifying cases of domestic and family violence and applying the protective measures contained in the law to protect women, as evidenced in the COVID-19 pandemic period. The hypotheses of the appropriateness and applicability of urgent protective measures will be addressed in this article, showing a comparison of data on the increase in cases, showing the State of Pará in 2020, in the period from March to May, compared to the previous year by the same period in order to demonstrate whether the Maria da Penha Law and its mechanisms are fulfilling their objective.