TERRITORIAL EXPERIENCES AND URBAN CLASSIFICATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF A PROJECT TO FIGHT GENDER VIOLENCE IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL

Um Estudo de Caso sobre um Projeto de Enfrentamento à Violência de Gênero no Sul do Brasil

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the territorial classification through the implementation of social projects to confront violence in peripheral neighborhoods. The unit of analysis will be the development of the Mulheres da Paz project (women of peace), in the
Guajuviras neighborhood, northeast quadrant, located in the city of Canoas (metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande do Sul state), inserted in the context of PRONASCI through the implementation of the Território da Paz
(Territory of Peace). The Mulheres da Paz project had as main objective the formation of local female leaders to articulate a network to prevent local violence, including young people in situations of social vulnerability and gender dimensions, from the citizen security paradigma. The task of training these potential leaders oversaw the technical staff that fulfilled the role of “agents of a new mentality of public security”. In this sense, this article proposes a critical reflection about how territories that have heterogeneous population segments that coexist and share the same spaces and the same experiences, considering gender and class issues, based on the concept of security urbanism.