Homeless women: An analysis of violence and structural machismo

Abstract

Objective: the objective was to describe how homeless women experience structural machismo, Method: this is an integrative literature review using the PRISMA flowchart. The search was carried out from 2018 to 2022, in the databases, SCIELO, LILACS and BDENF. For the guiding question, the PICO strategy was used and, for analysis of the results, 03 thematic axes were elaborated for content synthesis.Results: The analysis was divided into 03 (three) categories: Why did these women live on the street; The environments in which these women are most often found and the Vulnerability of homeless women related to machismo.Conclusion: the population of homeless women presents a reality that is far from the desired, often demonstrating social precariousness and access to health street situation.