UMAR: Objectives and methodology used by the multidisciplinary team in interventions with victims of gender violence

TitleUMAR: Objectives and methodology used by the multidisciplinary team in interventions with victims of gender violence
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsRuiz L, Monteiro I, Teles R
JournalInterdisciplinary Journal of Family Studies
Volume17
Issue2
Pagination247-253
Date Published12/2012
PublisherPadova University Press
Place PublishedPadova, IT
ISSN Number2282-2011
Keywordsfeminist-ecological model, gender violence, intervention, UMAR
Abstract

Violence against women is still a current problem in Portuguese
Society. It was only in the early 1980s that Portugal recognized domestic violence
as a social problem and only in 1999 that social policy created answers for women
who are victims of this type of violence (Portugal, Conselho de Ministros, 1999). In
2011, there was a total of 27 women killed in the context of marital and intimate
relationships and 44 attempted murders of women. (OMA, 2011). Society as a
whole needs to become aware of this epidemic and work towards it’s elimination
and zero tolerance towards any type of violence. In this paper we will discuss and
present the role of UMAR (Non Governmental Organization, in defense of women's
rights), provide a description of the P’RA TI Center and discuss methods and
operational strategies used in intervention with victims.

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