Violência doméstica: um estudo sobre os factores culturais por detrás da violência infantil na cidade de Maputo

Abstract

This study analaysis the cultural factors behind domestic violence against children in Maputo city. However, I use two perspectives. One argues that violence is directly related to the social, in this aspect factors such as inequality in the distribution of income are situations that profoundly influence the pratices of domestic violence. The other argues that violence is introduced and reproduced in culture. From the interviews carried out in some institutions that look after the protection of children in Maputo city, I could see that the cultural factors behind the violence are related to family behavior, that is, the act of spanking with the justification of educating them, the issue of parents freedom towards their children, the lack of dialogue. For this work, I used two main methodologies: first, through a literature review based on bibliographic material on the subject under analaysis. Second, I use the ethnographic method that consists of going to the field to collect data with the help of open and semi-structured interview techniques. The results of this study allow me to conclude that domestic violence has a negative impact on children because on the one hand it can cause situations of street children, begging, and consequently there are conditions of a violent society and on the other hand domestic violence can compromise your school education. One of the most serious impacts that violence can have on children is death. A child who has been abused may have a deficit in their physical as well as their psychological development.