A violência de gênero e a sua repercussão na legislação brasileira com ênfase na nova lei do feminicídio

Abstract

The issue of gender violence, although historic and present in all social classes, was, for centuries, despised, preventing gender equality and the human rights of women to be fully achieved. The deplorable practice was legitimized by the cultural and historical idea of inferiority and subordination of women when compared to man. Nowadays, although this situation is gradually being transformed, through changes in society and through legislative development in promotion of rights and guarantees of women, gender violence rates remain high. In this regard, in 2015, the Feminicide Law, Law nº 13.104/2015, was drafted as an additional legal mechanism for women's protection, enabling the realization of their fundamental rights.