TY - JOUR AU - Fontenele Lemos, Diego AU - Homsi Cavalcante, Larissa PY - 2021/03/20 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The coronavirus pandemic as a catalyst for the increase in domestic and family violence against women in Brazil JF - ReligaciĆ³n JA - rgn VL - 6 IS - 27 SE - Dossier DO - 10.46652/rgn.v6i27.769 UR - https://revista.religacion.com/index.php/religacion/article/view/769 SP - 96-113 AB - The objective of this paper is to analyze whether there was an increase or decrease in violence against women during the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic, known worldwide as Covid-19. The objective is to analyze the statistical data made available by the Federal Government of Brazil to verify the situation of violence against women in the country. Thus, through qualitative research, literature search, and document analysis for descriptive and exploratory purposes, as well as through the analysis of statistical data from the databases of the Ministry of Women, Family and Human Rights, it will be analyzed whether violence actually increased or decreased during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, it is clear that violence against women has increased significantly, although data for 2020 are not yet fully accounted for, suggesting that public policies to combat violence against women should be adjusted so that this situation can be reversed as soon as possible. It should also be noted that the 2020 data refer only to the first six months of 2020 and, despite this, manages to exceed some data for all of 2019. Therefore, it is essential that there is swift action by government agencies so that this escalation of violence decreases exponentially in order to preserve the right and life of many Brazilian women. ER -