O CREAS – Centro de Referência Especializado da Assistência Social como instrumento de garantia dos direitos fundamentais da mulher

Abstract

This research evaluates how the Specialized Reference Center for Social Assistance (CREAS) can be an instrument to guarantee the fundamental rights of women. On the one hand, it takes as conceptual basis the notion of vulnerability and violations of rights as described by the Maria da Penha Law; And, on the other, the public devices in the provision of services in the prevention and guarantee of these rights. The research is based on the service offered to women by CREAS - Specialized Reference Center for Social Assistance, that is, women victims of threats or who have had their rights violated. From this perspective, the articulation of the Special Social Protection Network with the other social protection services will be analyzed; And women's access to CREAS (Specialized Reference Center for Social Assistance) by referral from other professional bodies, other sectoral public policies, other bodies of the guarantee system and the public security system, as well as spontaneous demand.