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Casa da Mulher Brasileira — Brazil's Integrated One-Stop Centre for Women Survivors of Violence

Brazil · Campo Grande · See the Brazil profile

Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 67% 52/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Brazil's one-stop centre co-locates police, courts and psychosocial support for women survivors of violence. Expanded to 13 of 27 planned units since 2015, but audits found near-zero budget execution some years and no reliable service count.

13 of 27 units
Units operating out of 27 originally planned (a decade after launch)
32 units
Units reported 'in implementation' (current)
1.6 million+ consultations
Campo Grande psychosocial consultations (2015-2024)
80,000+ reports
Campo Grande police reports (2015-2024)
63,000 measures
Campo Grande protective measures (2015-2024)
~426,500 contacts
National service contacts (2024)
~197,000 contacts
National service contacts (2023)
0.48 %
Federal fund execution rate (2020)
80 %
Budget cut to coordinating secretariat (since 2015)
42 %
Staff reduction to coordinating secretariat (since 2015)
Casa da Mulher Brasileira — Brazil's Integrated One-Stop Centre for Women Survivors of Violence

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
Ministério das Mulheres (Brazilian federal government)
Period
2015–present
Keywords
gender-based violence, integrated services, police-justice-health coordination, women's policy

Context

Casa da Mulher Brasileira (CMB) is the Brazilian federal government's model for integrated support to women survivors of violence, established by Decree 8,086 of 30 August 2013 and re-instituted by Decree 11,431/2023 under the Ministerio das Mulheres.

Objectives

Each unit co-locates a women's specialised police station, a court division, public defenders and prosecutors, psychosocial and employment-support teams, a childcare playroom and temporary shelter under one roof, so survivors do not have to retell their story across multiple agencies.

Activities

The first unit opened in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, on 3 February 2015; a decade later, only 13 of the 27 originally planned units are operating, with a further 32 reported 'in implementation'.

Results

Campo Grande alone recorded over 1.6 million psychosocial consultations, more than 80,000 police reports and 63,000 protective measures between 2015 and 2024; nationally the network logged roughly 426,500 service contacts in 2024, up from about 197,000 in 2023.

Conclusions

Independent oversight has repeatedly flagged the programme's fragility: Brazil's federal audit court found the ministry could not reliably determine the quantity of services and referrals actually provided to victims, a companion audit found an 80% cut to the coordinating secretariat's budget and a 42% staff reduction since 2015, and budget-watchdog INESC documented federal fund execution as low as 0.48% in 2020.

Implementation
Indicative cost
High (€500k–€5M) — INESC documented federal fund execution as low as 0.48% (2020) and 10% (2021); TCU (Acordao 2.766/2019) found an 80% cut to the coordinating secretariat's budget and a 42% staff reduction since 2015.
Time to results
Long (> 3 years) — First unit opened 3 February 2015 (Campo Grande); a decade later only 13 of the 27 planned units operate, with 32 more 'in implementation'.
Staffing & skills
Each unit co-locates a women's specialised police station, a court division, public defenders and prosecutors, psychosocial and employment-support teams, a childcare playroom and temporary shelter.

Conditions for success

  • Based on Decree 8,086/2013, re-instituted by Decree 11,431/2023 under the Ministerio das Mulheres, giving the model a renewed legal foundation.

Common failure modes

  • TCU (Acordao 1.449/2019) found the ministry could not reliably determine the quantity of services and referrals actually provided to victims.
  • A companion audit (Acordao 2.766/2019) found an 80% cut to the coordinating secretariat's budget and a 42% staff reduction since 2015.
  • INESC documented federal fund execution as low as 0.48% (2020) and 10% (2021), with maintenance funding near zero for several years.
  • A 2019 peer-reviewed study (Martins & Araujo) attributed the stalled rollout to weak inter-governmental coordination.
  • In-person service was suspended nationally during the 2020 pandemic.
  • No source found documents outcome evaluation of survivor safety or case results; a national case-management data system (UNA) only began operating in December 2024.

Where it fits

Governance type
federal decree-based national programme
Scale
national (13 of 27 planned units)
Income level
upper-middle-income

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