Mortality from violence against women before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ceará, 2014 to 2020

Abstract

Understanding the importance of monitoring in confront violence against women, this study aimed to analyze the behavior of the curve of violent, lethal and intentional crimes against women in the state of Ceará in recent years and discuss aspects that involve the epidemiological curve of lethal crimes against women, especially with the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is an ecological survey, using the secondary data available on the platform of the Secretariat of Public Security and Social Defense of the state of Ceará between the years 2014 to 2020. The collection was carried out in January 2021, the data were purchased with the aid of the Excel program. It was found that violence against women in the state of Ceará is on the rise and that years with atypical health events, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, tend to have a negative impact on life in society and more directly on women lives. It is essential that authorities, institutions, social associations, the academic community, professionals from all sectors in public and private services are sensitized and committed to demanding the implementation of confrontation policies aligned with the service network, especially at the moment of greatest vulnerability of the pandemic.