Violência doméstica contra a mulher e a pandemia de covid – 19: um estudo sobre elementos intensificadores da violência conjugal em tempos de isolamento social

Abstract

It is a well-known fact that the COVID-19 pandemic and social isolation have had many impacts in different areas of society. Thus, the present study aims to analyze how this scenario of social instability affected the increase in domestic violence against women, through the identification of elements that aggravated this phenomenon during this period. We sought, at first, to examine the definition of domestic violence against women, through the study of concepts such as gender and patriarchy, as well as the relationship of feminist movements in confronting this type of human rights violation. Then, we discussed the Brazilian legal treatment of this crime with the analysis of the Maria da Penha Law and its protection instruments applied to women at risk. Finally, we deal with the social, economic and psychological impacts of social isolation on domestic relations, for a better understanding of the elements that potentiated domestic violence, as well as changes in the coping network in

the midst of the pandemic scenario. We found through this research that, despite the COVID- 19 pandemic having perpetrated numerous elements that intensified violence against women,

the state protection instruments already had gaps in effectiveness and, therefore, it is essential to expand the access mechanisms of the community. women in situations of violence in this new context. Furthermore, in order for such work to reach this conclusion, the hypothetical- deductive research method was adopted.