Asas da informação: protagonismo das mulheres usuárias da Casa Abrigo da Paraíba

Abstract

Considered a violation of human rights and the result of unequal power relations between men and women, violence against women is a transversal phenomenon, which occurs in phallocentric societies. Data on gender violence in Brazil make explicit the high rate of feminicide. Thanks to the protagonism of feminist movements, through claims, specific public policies for women have been created that have become fundamental in combating violence. The research focuses on Shelter House (CA) as one of the existing policies, especially Shelter House of Paraíba, a protected housing, of a confidential nature and implanted in the State to welcome women victims of domestic violence at imminent risk of death. Its general objective: to analyze, under the social paradigm of Information Science, how the mediation of informational content streamlined by Shelter House contributes to the development of the role of women, impacting on perceptions about domestic violence and breaking the cycle of violence. violence. As specific objectives: it outlines the socioeconomic profile of the women served at Shelter House between 2011 and 2018; identifies the dynamics of access and search for information carried out by women; verifies the information mediation devices disseminated by the CA; and establishes how the role of women who accessed the service is enhanced. It comprises a descriptive case study, in addition to being a field and documentary research. It makes use of both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Quantitative data were collected through the care records of women in CA. As for qualitative data, the interview technique is used by means of a semi-structured interview script with eight interlocutors: five with women, users of CA, victims of attempted femicide; two with members of the CA technical team; and one with a member of the Paraíba feminist movement. For data analysis, use content analysis. It notes that 156 women were welcomed in the CA between 2011 and 2018. The role of women could be seen in the resistance and struggle to break the situation of violence from the moment they sought help and were directed to the CA. The results demonstrate that the AC is a critical space, of dialogue, creativity and alterity, in which the mediation of information is conscious and constant in order to redefine the violence experienced by the women welcomed at home. It verifies that the information is a substrate of the women's empowerment process for generating new knowledge and reframing the violence that led them to shelter. He considers that access, mediation and appropriation of information are fundamental actions for women to develop their protagonism and empower themselves to break the cycle of violence. It suggests the expansion of research on social protagonism, as well as on domestic violence, as these are still little explored themes in CI. It infers that consciously mediated information can be one of the ways to change mentalities and reverse the various problems that exist in society that is still governed by machismo, racism and social inequality