ABSTRACT
This article presents some reflections taken from a broader research, still under development, and whose objective is to contribute to the debate about the social, economic and political effects of COVID-19, in Brazil and Portugal. The focus of this examination focuses on the violent relationships experienced by women in the context of their intimacy, conjugality and in their domestic space, as well as the consequences of measures to control the pandemic for these dimensions. To this end, in addition to an interdisciplinary approach, data were collected from local news, open interviews with representatives of institutions (private and public) that support and serve women, as well as reports issued by national and international institutions that examine the results of public policies. adopted (or not), from March 2020 to May 2021, in both countries.