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Ley Maria da Penha de Brasil (Lei 11.340/2006) — Marco Integral de Protección contra la Violencia Doméstica

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La Lei 11.340/2006 creó juzgados especializados, medidas de protección de urgencia en 48 horas y una red interinstitucional contra la violencia doméstica. El IPEA (TD 2048, 2015) documentó una reducción del 10 % en las tasas de feminicidio doméstico (2000-2011). Citada por ONU Mujeres y la CEPAL como modelo regional.

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Tasa de feminicidio en el ámbito doméstico (2000–2011)

Details

Maturity: Established
Promoter: Secretaria Nacional de Políticas para as Mulheres / Ministério das Mulheres
Period: 2006-present
Keywords: domestic violence, femicide, gender-based violence, protective orders, specialist courts, GBV prevention

Context

La Ley Maria da Penha de Brasil (Ley 11.340/2006) creó juzgados especializados en violencia doméstica, órdenes de protección de emergencia de 48 horas y una red multisectorial de lucha contra la violencia de género.

Results

Una evaluación del IPEA (TD 2048, 2015) estimó una reducción del 10 % en las tasas de feminicidio en el ámbito doméstico durante 2000-2011; la ley es citada por ONU Mujeres y la CEPAL como modelo de legislación integrada contra la violencia de género en América Latina.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-06-21
Secretaria Nacional de Políticas para as Mulheres / Ministério das Mulheres — accessed 2026-06-21
ECLAC Gender Observatory: Law 11.340 Maria da Penha — accessed 2026-06-21
IPEA: Avaliando a Efetividade da Lei Maria da Penha (TD 2048, 2015) — accessed 2026-06-21
Lancet Regional Health Americas: Female homicides in Brazil 2000-2018 — accessed 2026-06-21

Quality score: 96/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Quasi-experimental

Top 4% in this catalogue (719 scored practices)

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Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Transferability / replicability2/3

Bolivia (2013), Colombia (2008/2019) and Ecuador (2018) enacted analogous laws explicitly citing Lei Maria da Penha; ECLAC and UN Women formally document its regional model status.

Impact on gender equality1/1

IPEA (TD 2048, 2015) independently found a 10% reduction in domestic-setting femicide rates (2000-2011); law has been continuously strengthened to deepen impact since.

Effectiveness1/1

Achieved its core objectives: specialist courts operational in hundreds of municipalities, emergency protective orders standardised, multi-agency response networks established nationwide.

Efficiency1/1

Multi-agency protection network leverages existing police, health, social, and judicial infrastructure; relatively low incremental cost for the scope of protection delivered.

Evaluated outcomes1/1

IPEA TD 2048 (2015) is an independent government research institution evaluation; Lancet Regional Health Americas (2024) provides updated peer-reviewed academic analysis.

Sustainability1/1

Active and continuously strengthened since 2006 with Feminicide Law (2015), Lei 13.827 (2019); 20 years of nationwide judicial application across hundreds of municipalities.

Achievement / evidence1/1

10% reduction in domestic femicide documented (IPEA, 2000-2011); specialist courts in 100+ municipalities; formally cited as a model by OAS, UN Women, and ECLAC.

Gender-mainstreaming embedding1/1

Mandates integrated multi-institutional GBV response; embedded femicide as a Penal Code category; structural legal framework continuously enforced, not a one-off programme.

Curator validation1/1

ECLAC Gender Observatory (independent intergovernmental), IPEA (national research institute), and Lancet (peer-reviewed journal) provide multi-domain authoritative documentation.

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