Políticas Públicas e Direitos Humanos

Abstract

This article addresses the importance of fundamental human rights and the need to ensure legal and social support for women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. For this, a bibliographic survey was carried out in which historical questions about human rights and the socio-historical configuration of women were analyzed, in which, it is directly linked to the patriarchal structure and has domestic violence as one of its expressions in society. It is concluded that in the middle of the pandemic, due to social isolation, there is an increase in the vulnerability of the female gender, resulting in an increase in cases of physical and psychological aggression in the family environment, making it essential to reinforce public policies and the support network. responsible for facing and protecting women in vulnerable conditions. Thus, this article aims to analyze the coping with the social demands of women during the pandemic and, for this, the bibliographic survey was used as a procedure to obtain data, being, therefore, a research with an exploratory and qualitative approach.