Perspectivas e desafios na atenção à crianças e adolescente vítimas de violência sexual no município de Juiz de Fora - MG

Abstract

This work discusses the prospects and challenges posted in the care for children and teenagers who have suffered sexual violence in the city of Juiz de Fora (MG). From the analysis of social policies (government and civil society), which form a set of actions aimed at protecting and defending the rights of these individuals, it addresses the fluidity and tensions present in the flow of the social assistance network assigned to this demand. Therefore, the theoretical understanding of sexual violence and this targeting of social policies is a fundamental part of the work, addressing the maturing of the Brazilian State regarding the recognition of children's needs and youth as subject of absolute priority and targets of social protection. We have to add to it a theoretical reflection about the phenomenon, sustained in authors that question its reproduction in social relations (asymmetric), to consider the structures of power and hierarchy, and inequalities in the relations generation of gender, class and ethnicity. Our goal is to identify and analyze the institutions that make up the social assistance network, with respect to undertaken activities and performed procedures, material characteristics, objectives, types of offered services and flows that were covered by users and their families. Through a qualitative research, applied by conducting semi-structured interviews with coordinators of institutions or projects related to the subject matter, this study is oriented to give an overview of the assistance policy covering from the moment of notification and complaint until the services provided in the scope of attendance. This last one, with the view that we have adopted, including physical care, legal, psychological, economic and social provided to all persons involved in situations of sexual violence. Thus, this thesis gives priority to carrying out a mapping of the paths taken by users and their families in the care process offered through social policies, with reference to the protection that defend political arrangements and protective legislation for childhood.