The present work, which is part of the research carried out for my master’s degree, aims to discuss the most common motivations and places of femicide in Minas Gerais, according to an analysis of data from processes that reached the Jury Court between 2015 and 2019. From this analysis, it is also possible to think about the importance of implementing public policies to combat it. As a result of the research, it is observed that femicide should be analysed as a social phenomenon that arises from a society that, even today, reveals asymmetries linked to gender, understood here as an analytical category that expands the understanding of social relations and the construction/learning of masculinity. It is also noted that feminism had a great relevance against femicide and against other forms of violence against women.
The present work, which is part of the research carried out for my master’s degree, aims to discuss the most common motivations and places of femicide in Minas Gerais, according to an analysis of data from processes that reached the Jury Court between 2015 and 2019. From this analysis, it is also possible to think about the importance of implementing public policies to combat it. As a result of the research, it is observed that femicide should be analysed as a social phenomenon that arises from a society that, even today, reveals asymmetries linked to gender, understood here as an analytical category that expands the understanding of social relations and the construction/learning of masculinity. It is also noted that feminism had a great relevance against femicide and against other forms of violence against women.