To achieve a culture of peace, it is necessary to end gender inequality. The statement is from Alice Bianchini, PhD in Law and vice-president of the Brazilian Association of Women in Legal Careers (ABMCJ), the second lecturer of the opening program of the XIV International Congress on Human Rights, on Wednesday evening (October 19th), in the auditorium of the Court of Justice of Tocantins (TJTO).
Talking about "Non-violence against women: culture and peace", Alice said that in this theme, when the issue of the rights of women is addressed, one realizes that there is much more violence than peace.
And to get into the culture of peace, she first talked about the culture of violence, referring to four types of violence suffered by women: Perceived, Naturalized, Unnamed, and Institutionalized.
Analysis and Retrospective
The doctor brought an analysis and retrospective of recent times, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic. And she questioned why women have not yet achieved the realization of their rights? And why do they still suffer so much violence?
"Brazil is the fifth country that kills the most women," revealed the speaker, using data from a study and emphasizing that behind the numbers there are stories, and they are all very similar. "The deaths of women in Brazil have practically the same plot, which starts with a small violence, which increases until it reaches a feminicide," she stressed.
Constitution
As the main advances in guaranteeing the rights of women to build a culture of peace, Alice cited the Federal Constitution, highlighting the article 226, item 8, which cites the State as responsible for ensuring "assistance to the family in the person of each of its members" and for creating "mechanisms to curb violence within its relationships.
She also remembered the Maria da Penha Law (No. 11.340) and the "Protocol for Judgment with a Gender Perspective throughout the Judiciary," a document recommended by the National Council of Justice (CNJ) to foster the adoption of impartiality in the judgment of cases of violence against women, avoiding evaluations based on stereotypes and prejudices existing in society and promoting an active posture of deconstruction and overcoming of historical inequalities and gender discrimination.
Diferences
According to the speaker, it is important to recognize the existence of differences between men and women, but we must be careful not to let these differences become inequalities.
To prevent this from happening, Alice says that techniques that are worked on through affirmative actions are necessary to combat inequalities and promote a culture of peace.
Affirmative actions
The conference "Non-violence against women: culture and peace" was chaired by Justice Angela Haonat, who, in closing the event, stressed that affirmative actions make a difference. "The message is exactly that, that we cannot give up and that we are the change we want for a better world."
Good Practice Award
Before the closing of the event, the Good Practices in Human Rights Award was launched, a contest that will select and award actions developed and implemented on good practices in human rights, in the scope of the stricto sensu programs and magistrature schools in Brazil. The award notice will be published in the Electronic Justice Daily and in the Portal of the Superior School of the Judges of the State of Tocantins (Esmat).
