A educação em/para direitos humanos de um ponto de vista jurídico: prevenção e combate à violência doméstica contra a mulher em uma escola tocantinense

Abstract

This intervention research investigates how human rights education contributes to transforming young people's perceptions of domestic violence against women, considering the naturalization of patriarchal structures and the lack of knowledge about rights and protection mechanisms. Developed within the Graduate Program in Jurisdictional Provision and Human Rights (PPGPJDH/UFT/ESMAT), the investigation is based on the practical experience of a Public Prosecutor who, after fourteen years working on domestic violence cases in the interior of To- cantins, identified the need for preventive strategies complementary to traditional repressive action. The methodology articulates qualitative research and educational intervention through the implementation of a university extension course applied to public high school students. The course, resulting from a partnership between PPGPJDH/UFT/ESMAT, PROF-FILO/UFT and the Public Prosecutor's Office of Tocantins, comprised 13 meetings held at Tiradentes High School, with 7 taught by the prosecutor (legal aspects) and 6 by the philosophy professor (phil- osophical aspects). For this research, data from the prosecutor's 7 meetings were exclusively analyzed, using dialogical methodology based on Paulo Freire. Data collection included 58 manuscripts produced by students, field diary observations and audiovisual records. Content analysis according to Laurence BardiFn identified 10 thematic categories, evidencing signifi- cant transformations in young people's perceptions. The results confirmed all four formulated hypotheses: development of critical consciousness (65.5% of manuscripts evidenced personal transformation), deconstruction of gender stereotypes (24.1% addressed healthy masculinity), expansion of legal knowledge (25.9% about laws and rights) and development of social com- mitment (37.9% about social responsibility). The quantitative growth of texts (114% increase in average words) accompanied the qualitative complexification of analyses, evidencing evo- lution from simplistic understandings to structural perspectives on violence. The research pro- duced two main products: the proposal for institutionalization of the "Voices of Youth" project in the Public Prosecutor's Office of Tocantins and the Guidance Manual for Public Prosecutors. The findings demonstrate that human rights education, when based on critical and dialogical methodology, constitutes an effective strategy for preventing domestic violence, contributing to the formation of young people capable of recognizing, questioning and transforming the pa- triarchal structures that sustain gender violence.