Wheel Conversation Between Women: Complaints about the Inapplicability of the Maria da Penha Law in Salvador/BA and Disbelief in Justice

Abstract

This article discusses the challenges to the application of Law Maria da Penha in Salvador, Bahia, from the testimony of eleven women in situations of domestic violence, whose complaints and demands on the network were verbalized in a Wheel Conversation, held at the Council for the Development of the Black Community - CNDN, on 05/06/2012, for the elaboration of a dossier to be submitted to CPMI Violence during his efforts in Bahia. Women considered unsatisfactory attendance, both in DEAMs as in Vara, the prosecutor in the IML and even in Disque 190, classified as "ugly", since their demands are not met, they feel unprotected, humiliated, disrespected and , hostage situations of violence that lead them to wander by these institutions.

Violence against Women; Maria da Penha Law; Access to Justice