Será que isso vai pra frente, doutora?: caminhos para a implementação da Lei Maria da Penha em Belém

Abstract

This research has the purpose to identify in what sense the Judicial Power in Belém was consolidated as a space to face familial and domestic violence against women, tracing possible pathways for the enforcement of “Maria da Penha” Law in the local context considering my experience in the grass root movement and as a lawyer. For this purpose interviews were made, formal and informal visits, analysis of court procedures, as well as documental and bibliographic research. I initiate the debate presenting the local reality, emphasizing the subjects that confront domestic and familial violence against women in various entities and in the women movement what leads us to realize the present difficulties in the city regarding the enforcement of this lar. I the second part I present the theoretical basis of this research which have significantly contributed for the amplification of the perspective related to the theme in here studied. Considering the definition of judicial enforcement detailed in the last chapter, I present how the Judicial Power is deciding the matter, emphasizing the imposed obstacles caused by the lack of an equipped and articulated network, as well as legal assistance to women, of compromised and skilled professional, and of constant dialogue with the women and feminist movements, protagonists of these conquests. In my reading I emphasize, still, the necessity to recognize in the women in risk a subject of rights, in the exercise of their citizenship, and the lack of political intent to impose significant changes for the implementation of Law 11.340/2006, the “Maria da Penha” Law.