The mediation of information in the Shelter House of Paraíba: the protagonismo of women in confronting domestic violence

Abstract

The research aims to verify how the mediation of information at Casa Abrigo da Paraíba favored the role of women to break with the situation of domestic violence. As for the methodology, the study has a descriptive character, with a qualitative approach, for whose development the case study was used as a strategy. The research field was Casa Abrigo da Paraíba and the interlocutors were women who accessed the organ. In the collection, we used the in-depth interview, carried out with women who are deprived of their freedom, and who had to resort to a shelter to stay alive. The data were analyzed using content analysis. The results demonstrate that Casa Abrigo da Paraíba is a critical space, one of dialogue, creativity and alterity, in which the mediation of information is conscious and constant in order to resignify the violence experienced by the women welcomed in the House. It appears that the mediation of informational content promoted by Casa Abrigo da Paraíba contributed to the development of the role of women, impacting on perceptions about domestic violence and breaking the cycle of violence. As for the protagonism of women, this could be seen in the resistance and struggle to break the situation of violence from the moment they sought help and were directed to the agency. It ends by considering that consciously mediated information can be one of the ways to change mentalities and reverse the various problems that exist in our society, which is still governed by machismo, racism and social inequality.