GENDER, VIOLENCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: AN ANALYSIS OF DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF RIO BRANCO/ACRE
Violence against women; domestic violence; disabled person; accessibility; women
This work focuses on domestic and family violence against women with physical and sensory disabilities. Its general objective is to map domestic and family violence against women with physical or sensory disabilities accompanied by the protection network available in the municipality of Rio Branco/AC, through occurrences with completed inquiries recorded at the Specialized Police Station for Assistance to Women (DEAM) of the last 2 years. The research starts from the following questions: What are the difficulties in accessing justice for women with physical and sensory disabilities who are victims of domestic and family violence in the city of Rio Branco/AC/Brazil? What is the profile of domestic and family violence against women with disabilities in Rio Branco/AC? How to improve the accessibility of women with disabilities to the existing protection network in Rio Branco/AC? The inductive method is used, as the individual experiences of women with disabilities will be the basis for general knowledge. It is an applied research in nature, as it aims at solving a specific problem and practical application. It has a mixed approach with data and quantitative and qualitative analysis. As for the objectives, the research is exploratory and descriptive, as it aims to clarify the topic that is little explored, in addition to describing the characteristics of the phenomenon. Documentary research and interview techniques are used for data collection, and the analysis takes place through statistical techniques (arithmetic mean, percentage, graphs and tables) and content analysis. The research was approved by the CEP/UNIR (CAAE: 60911722.6.0000.5300, opinion n. 5.634.333). As a result, it was found that Acre and its capital Rio Branco have high rates of crimes against women. There are no statistical data on women with disabilities in the “Anuário de Segurança Pública”. “Women’s Assistance Center” show that women with disabilities who are victims of violence in Acre are, in most cases, mixed-race, aged between 45 and 49, with high school education and income of up to one minimum salary. And the aggressors of women with disabilities, in this state, are men, brown, aged between 30 and 39 years old, with complete higher education and income from 5 to 15 minimum salary.