A atuação da defensoria pública geral do estado do Ceará na defesa da mulher vítima de violência doméstica e familiar

Abstract

Domestic and family violence against women is present in contemporary Brazilian society. The patriarchal regime has a direct influence on the intensification of women as a inferiorized and submissive to the opposite sex. Patriarchal heritages and their consequent practices in gender violence remain within the Brazilian social sphere. The Maria da Penha Law and the international agreements were responsible to offer a most effective juridical protection to women. The confrontation of gender violence emerge as an urgent subject of legal discussion because of the relation between the humans right´s violation and the aggressor´s conduct. The actuation of public agencies, such as a Public Defender's Office, in protection of women who are victims of domestic violence, intensified the combat of this social issue. However, official rates of violence against women continue to be a Brazilian factual subject, requiring a constant renewal of the women protection integrated mechanisms and a permanent duty to supervise the fulfillment of the goals defined by the specific public policies.