A violência doméstica durante a pandemia no Brasil: o direito à indenização por danos morais

Abstract

The issue of domestic violence is essential to be debated, since during the course of history the women has always been seen with inferiority among society. Bear in mind that due to the new corona virus, there was inevitably a significant increase in cases of aggression against women. Aiming to present and discuss the reflexes of the pandemic caused by Covid-19, among victims of domestic violence, thus showing statistical data and possible reasons for a high number of aggressions. Using the methodology of demonstrating historical issues and updated data, thus developing a research through bibliographic and documentary. It is possible to reach the result that after the emergence of the new virus, women became even more vulnerable to aggression, as they stayed longer by the aggressor's side, and with greater difficulty in making complaints and granting protective measures. With the consequence that Covid-19 resulted in a high number of aggressions that occur at home, however, it brought possibilities to expand the ways of making complaints and requests for urgent protective measures, bringing possible public policies for the safety of the brazilian woman, who is the target of so much violence on a daily basis.