The areas of action of the Maria da Penha Law and its reception in the face of victims of gender violence in the religious environment: a look at MovAya's performance

Abstract

This article presents gender violence present in ayahuasca religions. For this, it is treated how the Aya Movement has carried out the legal reception of the victims of this violence. Because there is still no religious abuse law, the article in question is intended to show how the Maria da Penha Law can be used in an equivalent way. To this end, information was collected from interviews with victims of gender abuse in this environment, as well as the manager of MovAya, verifying the difficulty of access to justice for victims, this article being a material for jurists can verify this violence through the Maria da Penha Law. In addition, the importance of social movements in the legislative and judicial spheres was highlighted.