Top 4%
in this catalogue (719 scored practices)
Scores cluster high, so position within the catalogue is often more telling than the number alone.
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.
Evidoria. Lei Maria da Penha do Brasil (Lei 11.340/2006) — Quadro Integrado de Proteção contra a Violência Doméstica. Persistent ID: 1c1f6b3d-1509-4084-a14d-ae2ebc415edf.