Dez anos da lei de feminicídio: uma análise da efetividade da legislação brasileira de proteção ao direito à vida das mulheres.

Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of gender-based violence, with emphasis on the crime of feminicide, which was included in the Penal Code in 2015. Violence against women is an ancient and contemporary social problem, which has currently raised discussions about government measures and public policies spread across various sectors of society in order to mitigate cases and their effects. Gender-based violence, which can be perpetrated against women in its various forms, is considered a violation of human rights, resulting from a multifaceted process which, over the last few decades, has been gaining visibility and brought to the fore by social movements in defense of women's rights. When it comes to domestic violence, women are the most obvious group, due to their greater vulnerability in the context of patriarchal society, which often inserts them into a cycle of violence, the extreme point of which is femicide. The method used to prepare this work was based on consultations of bibliographical sources, documents, and pertinent legislation, with the general objective of analyzing the increase in the number of feminicide cases in Brazil over the last ten years and the effectiveness of the Feminicide Law. Initially, a brief overview of the socio-cultural aspects that contribute to the practice of gender violence was presented. Subsequently, an analysis was made of the main laws protecting women and, finally, statistical data was presented on cases of feminicide between 2015 and 2025. Finally, it was concluded, according to the bibliography used, that the feminicide law is an integral part of a whole set of public policies that must be taken together in order to reduce cases of feminicide, especially in relation to assistance to women, and cultural change through education, in order to modify the legacy resulting from the patriarchal model of female domination.