Abstract
<jats:p>The chapter analyzes gender-based violence as a structural challenge to human rights in Brazil, with emphasis on the Amazon, and examines the AME-SE Program of the Regional Electoral Court of Amazonas as a pioneering institutional response to domestic and institutional violence. Based on Amartya Sen's framework of substantive freedoms and feminist critiques of patriarchy and symbolic domination, it highlights how sensitive listening, mediation, and articulation with protection networks expand women's autonomy, restore dignity, and promote cultural transformation. Despite challenges of resources and institutional resistance, AME-SE consolidates itself as a replicable gender policy, pointing toward more inclusive, democratic, and equality-oriented justice.</jats:p>