Article published in the newspaper O Globo on the actions of the Maria da Penha Law Consortium, of which CEPIA is part, reported that this group has promoted dialogue with women’s movements and organizations that bring to light other serious forms of violence against such as obstetric violence that still has no specific legislation and is not included in the norms of Brazilian criminal law.
In the article, Leila Linhares Barsted also explains the Consortium’s continuous work to strengthen the Maria da Penha Law, focused on domestic and family violence, and to prevent setbacks in its text and in its application. In this sense, the recently sanctioned Law 1604/22, which speeds up the granting of emergency protective measures for women, is very positive. In many cases, the police authorities or the judiciary have not been agile in granting these measures. This has changed with Law 1604, since these measures will now be granted based on the woman’s testimony, regardless of the type of crime, the existence of a police investigation or the registration of an occurrence report, and the beginning of a criminal or civil action. These measures will be in effect as long as the physical, psychological, sexual, patrimonial or moral integrity of the woman in a situation of violence persists.
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