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In 2018, 12 years after the Maria da Penha Law was sanctioned, only 2.4% of the Brazilian municipalities have shelters managed by municipal government that provide assistance to women in situations of violence. In a total of 3,808 municipalities with up to 20 thousand inhabitants, which represent almost 70% of the Brazilian municipalities, only nine had shelters.
At state level, there were, altogether, 43 shelters, all of them with a secret location. This model of sheltering is exclusive for women victims of domestic violence, so them can live in a safe place until they can achieve better conditions to restart their lives. The number of shelters managed by state governments increased from 12 in 2013 to 20 in 2018. Sao Paulo is the state with the highest number of shelters, a total of 14.
For women protection in any situation of violence (when the Maria da Penha Law is not applicable), there is the institutional sheltering service, such as the Woman’s House (Casa da Mulher, in Portuguese), in only 5.2% of the municipalities; among those with up to 50 thousand inhabitants, that percentage is no more than 3.5%.
The Women’s Assistance Center
Call 180 provides qualified listening and assistance to women in situations of violence. The service registers and forwards complaints of violence against women to the competent bodies, as well as complaints, suggestions or compliments about the functioning of the assistance services.
The call is free and the service operates 24 hours a day, every day of the week. All people who call reporting events of violence against women are answered.
Link 180 serves the entire national territory and can also be accessed in other countries.
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