A violência contra a mulher e a proteção social: estudo sobre as ações da Prefeitura Municipal de Belém destinadas às mulheres

Abstract

The study approaches the themes of violence and public policies conceived for the protection of women. The study is related to two administrations in the Municipality of Belém. It concentrates its focus of analyzes in the policies of health, social assistance and justice. The objective is to evaluate the performance of the managers, one of the Party of the Liberal Front and another one of the Party of the Workers, in regards to social protection of women and, in particular, those victimized by violence. The study, on prominence, is based on bibliographical and documentary research, is the latter, adopting as principal source the messages of the respective managers to the Municipal Chamber of Belém. The comparative analyzes on the performance of the mayors in the conduction of the public policies detached, points with respect to a discrete advantage of the administration of the Party of the Workers. But it needs to be emphasized that the advancement in the process of implementation of the health and social assistance policies coincides and is conditioned to the implantation of the SUS (Unique Health System) and to the decentralized and participating system of the social assistance.