Violência contra mulher na Paraíba: enfoque para casos de homicídios cometidos contra a mulher no estado no período de 2010 a 2017

Abstract

This study aims to analyze violence against women in Paraíba, as these cases of violence have come to be considered a public health problem, especially in recent years. For that, data on homicides practiced against women in every state are used. This information comes from the Secretariat of Public Security and Social Defense of Paraíba and was collected between 2010 and 2017. The data analysis is of the descriptive quantitative type and was constructed from charts and tables. The results show that the state managed to reduce violence as a whole, since in 2011 it occupied the third place as the unit of the most violent federation of the country, and in 2016 it became the eighteenth, in addition in seven years it obtained a rate reduction of 45.75% in the number of homicides against women, due to the implementation of combative public policies and places such as the "Paraíba United for Peace" program and reference centers for women and house shelter.