Rental assistance for victims of domestic violence: a benefit for extreme vulnerable women in the municipality of São Paulo/SP, Brazil

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Keywords:

Rental Assistance, Domestic violence, Municipality of São Paulo/SP, Amartya Sen, COVID-19, Ayuda al alquiler, violencia doméstica, municipio de Sao Paulo/SP

Abstract

The study deals with the granting of a monthly rental assistance to women victims of domestic violence in the municipality of São Paulo/SP, Brazil. It proposes reflections on the agent condition, protective security, and substantive freedom in Amartya Sen's theory. It analyzes data from the Municipal Secretariat for Human Rights and Citizenship about this assistance benefit in the period of April to June 2021, to point out the bottlenecks and the contributions of this public policy, even more important in pandemic. It concludes that rent-aid is a relevant instrument to promote substantive freedom and protective security, as temporary monthly transfer of income to afford housing is integrated with programs that focus on professional qualification, income generation, and insertion of women in the labor market which brings about conditions for financial autonomy of the victim of domestic violence and enhances the expansion of the capabilities set and female empowerment.

El estudio trata sobre la asignación de una ayuda mensual al alquiler a mujeres víctimas de violencia doméstica en el municipio de Sao Paulo/SP, Brasil. Propone una reflexión sobre la condición de agente, la seguridad protectora y la libertad sustantiva de la teoría de Amartya Sen. Adopta el enfoque deductivo para desarrollar la investigación, y analiza los datos del Secretariado Municipal para Derechos Humanos y Ciudadanía relativos a dicha ayuda del período de abril a junio de 2021, para señalar los atascos y las aportaciones de esa política pública, de especial importancia durante la pandemia. Aborda el problema de saber si la ayuda al alquiler proporciona las condiciones para que la víctima de violencia goce de libertad sustancial, seguridad protectora y la condición de agencia, tal como lo propone Sen. Se concluye que la ayuda al alquiler es un instrumento importante para promover la libertad sustancial y la seguridad protectora, ya que la transferencia mensual temporal de ingresos para posibilitar la vivienda está integrada con programas que se centran en la cualificación profesional, la generación de ingresos y la inserción de las mujeres en el mercado de trabajo, lo cual crea condiciones para la autonomía financiera de la víctima de violencia doméstica y realza la expansión de las capacidades y del empoderamiento de la mujer.

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Author Biographies

Nayana Shirado, Mackenzie University/SP

PhD Candidate in Political and Economic Law at Mackenzie Presbyterian University (UPM/SP). Fellow CAPES Prosuc II/Taxes. Member of the Research Group CNPq Citizenship, Constitution and Democratic Rule of Law. Email: nayana27@hotmail.com.

José Carlos Francisco, Mackenzie University/SP

Professor at Mackenzie University/SP, Leader of the research group CNPq Citizenship, Constitution and Democratic Rule of Law, Director of the Brazilian Institute of Constitutional Studies – IBEC, Member of the Pimenta Bueno Institute – Brazilian Association of Constitutionalists, Master and PhD in Constitutional Law by University of São Paulo - USP, and Judge at the Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region (court of appeal). E-mail: jcarlosfrancisco@hotmail.com

Dandara Pereira, Mackenzie University/SP

PhD Candidate in Political and Economic Law at Mackenzie Presbyterian University (UPM/SP). Fellow CAPES Prosuc II/Taxes. Email: dandara.souza.pereira@gmail.com.

Published

11/04/2022

How to Cite

Shirado, N., Francisco, J. C. and de Souza Pereira, D. (2022) “Rental assistance for victims of domestic violence: a benefit for extreme vulnerable women in the municipality of São Paulo/SP, Brazil”, Sortuz: Oñati Journal of Emergent Socio-Legal Studies, 12(1), pp. 35–51. Available at: https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/sortuz/article/view/1466 (Accessed: 10 December 2024).