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Download fileAnalysis of the performance of public policies in Brazil to cope with sexual violence against children and adolescents
This article presents an analysis of the confrontation of the State to act against sexual violence against
children and adolescents, with a common name to the terms children and adolescents, with the objective of
discussing public policies. Efforts are concentrated on the legal and regulatory aspects for sustainability
and implementation of public policy programs in the Brazilian state. Initially, consideration was given to
the definitions and concepts of public policies based on the main doctrines and researchers on the topic,
such as Wildasky (1979); Maria Paula Bucci (2006), guidelines for making political decisions are added
in the structuring and formulation of concrete actions, as indicated by Enrique Saraiva (2006). Then, it
dialogues with the list of the main public policies arising from the action of the Brazilian state, listing
the main ones: Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA) through Law No. 8,069 of July 13, 1990; the
creation of the National Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents (CONANDA) in 2000, among
other programs in the following years, including the National Plan to Combat Child and Youth Violence
(PNEVSCA), the Integrated Actions Program and References for Confronting Child and Youth Violence
in the Brazilian Territory (PAIR) and the Sentinela Program, which constituted a set of social assistance
measures to assist children and adolescents who are victims of sexual exploitation. In addition, it discussed
the international conventions adopted by the United Nations (UN) for the rights of children and adolescents,
as well as considerations about the indicators of sexual violence against them. Finally, it was concluded
that the National Plan to Combat Violence against Children and Adolescents in the Brazilian case was
important as a policy outlined and implemented in its different phases as a cycle of public policies, and
that despite the progress, the current perspectives are outlined by the state as incipient and without the
necessary resources as required. In this sense, the state’s policy focuses precisely on responding to various
situations of violence in the context of social vulnerability.
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The authours declare no conflict of interestCorresponding author email
andrea.araujo@sempreceub.comLead author country
- Brazil
Lead author job role
- Postgraduate Student
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Universtary Center of Brasília - UniCEUBHuman Participants
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