Violência contra mulheres e informação: mulheres atendidas na Delegacia Especializada de Atendimento à Mulher - DEAM – João Pessoa

Abstract

The phenomenon of domestic violence against women affects thousands of women in Brazil, forming a complex social problem. In general, this type of violence is considered normal, of private extent, in view of the machismo that prevails in the country. One of the challenges in confronting the phenomenon is the organization, production and dissemination of accurate statistics on the profile of women and the dynamic of violence. Such actions, stimulated by information professionals, especially librarians, make it possible to draw up strategies to curb and prevent domestic violence against women. The research consists of describing the profile of violence against women, focusing on women in situation of domestic violence who access the Specialized Police Station for Assistance to Women - DEAM of João Pessoa, North Zone Unit. A methodology of bibliographic, descriptive and documentary research was used, with a quantitative approach, with which it aims, based on indications and tendencies, a database construction with the profile of victims of violence. The records studied were of victims in the age group of, respectively, 18 to 24 and 25 to 31 years of the women assisted in 2014. The research evidences domestic violence against women, the relevance of networked action planning in facing it and the importance of librarians as mediators of information also in nontraditional information units, such as the Specialized Department of Women's Assistance - DEAM, to organize, disseminate and democratize secure and reliable information for a serious prevention problem which affects the human rights of women.