Impactos pandêmicos: violência de gênero, atuação profissional e o advento de plataformas on-line de denúncia no Rio Grande do Norte

Abstract

The central objective of this writing is to investigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the creation and enhancement of virtual devices to combat gender-based violence in Rio Grande do Norte, considering the connections between online and inperson. It specifically aimed to: 1) Understand the process of idealizing the Rio Grande do Norte Virtual Women's Police Station; 2) Understand the process of creating the first application in Rio Grande do Norte to report gender violence; 3) Identify the protocols and paths involved in implementing the reporting of gender violence in the Women's Virtual Police Station and in the researched application. Starting from a theoretical discussion that provides a historical overview of policies to combat violence against women and that is interested in themes related to inequalities, the formation of virtual tools that allow the reporting of gender-based violence online is problematized, thus as well as the protocols of this network and possible changes brought about by such equipment. To this end, it methodologically starts with a survey of state initiatives that aim to connect offline and online environments and with semi-structured interviews with the collaborators listed. In this sense, the work understands, through trajectories from rural origins and social movements, the virtual network as a strategy that seeks to bring together state bodies in the service, reception and combating violence against women network with each other, as well as connecting their equipment. with its target audience: women in situations of violence.