Não é não: políticas de enfrentamento do assédio sexual e da violência contra as mulheres nas universidades federais do Sul brasileiro

Abstract

This thesis analyzed policies to combat sexual harassment and other forms of gender-based violence against women at federal universities in southern Brazil. In this context, sexual harassment is understood as non-consensual sexual advances, with the aim of blackmailing, embarrassing, offending and humiliating. It represents a serious social problem which, when practiced in universities, can affect the health and permanence of many women in these spaces. The methodology used was qualitative exploratory research, since this thesis deals with a recent topic that has not yet been explored in Brazilian academic literature. Thus, the first stage analyzed public policies to combat violence against women in Brazil, highlighting the list of international human rights treaties and conventions. It highlights Law No. 11.340/2006, popularly known as the Maria da Penha Law, which, for the first time, typified the various forms of violence against women and established mechanisms for overcoming it. It also presents the recent Law 14.540/2023, which created a program to prevent and combat sexual harassment and other crimes against sexual dignity and sexual violence in public institutions, including federal universities. Subsequently, the institutional policies were analyzed, as well as the Institutional Development Plan (IDP) of the federal universities in the southern region that have executive policy units for tackling gender-based violence already regulated and available on the institutions’ official websites. The data collected was , pointing out the main trends of the universities that have these policies. Some of the results of this study show that, despite the notoriety of the recent regulations adopted by federal universities in the southern region to combat violence against women, sexual harassment is still a topic that is rarely mentioned in these institutional policies. It also highlights that tackling violence in universities involves, in addition to regulatory policies, the commitment of the entire academic community to affirm a culture of peace and freedom from all forms of human rights violations.