VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

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VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

I. INTRODUCTION

In our society there are different types of

violence that have to do with different causes.
Education, the way society is organized and
power inequalities. Some types of violence are
directed against a specific group of people (for
Violence against example, racist violence or violence against
women affects women
everywhere. Impact homosexuals) and are carried out by persons
on women's health, from certain groups who wish to impose and
impair their ability to
maintain their power over those who exercise it.
participate fully in
society, affect the
enjoyment of sexual
and reproductive In the violence case against women, it is rooted
health, and is a source in the power inequalities that exist between
of physical and
psychological men and women in society, as well as in certain
suffering for women relations conceptions between the sexes, love
and their families.
and sexuality and what It means being a man
and being a woman.

This problem takes different forms throughout the world and each
country is in one way or another facing this problem.

At present, more and more people are aware of violence causes and try
to solve this problem. But, at the same time, social practices and
ideologies are maintained that make it difficult to overcome them and
even persist myths that attempt to legitimize or justify it.

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1. DEFINITION:

The universal protection system of Human Rights through article 1 of

the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women defines
violence against women as:
"Any act of violence based
on the belonging of the
female sex which has or
may result in physical,
sexual or psychological
harm or suffering to
women, as well as threats
of such acts, coercion or
arbitrary deprivation of
liberty, Whether they
occur in public life or in
private life"1

Also, as Londoo cites: "Violence against women isnt only due to the
subaltern social condition of the woman with respect to the male, but
also because the woman has taken on subalternity; Imprisoned by
everyday life does not manage to take distance from it to interrogate it
and reproduce, as a tic-tac, the legacies of the past "(Londoo, 1992).

1 . Violence against women is not limited to a particular culture, region or country, nor to specific
groups of women within a society. The different manifestations of such violence and the personal
experiences of women depend, however, on factors such as ethnic origin, social class, age, sexual
orientation, disability, nationality and religion.

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It is any action or omission that causes death, damage,

physical, sexual or psychological suffering because of her
status as a woman. It can manifest itself in the following
reas:

The family

In the community: street, public spaces, among others. It

includes various manifestations of violence, as sexual abuse,
torture, trafficking in persons, forced prostitution, abduction
and sexual harassment in the workplace, educational centers,
health facilities or else where.

Produced or tolerated by State agents: By public officials, such

as police, security personnel, judges, prosecutors, medical
examiners, wherever it occurs.

2. IN THE FIGHT AGAINST VIOLENCE WOMEN ARE

PROTECTED TO:

Women throughout their life cycle: girls, adolescents, young

people, adults and older adults.

The members of the family group:

o Couples: husband or wife, cohabiting
o Ex-partners: ex-husband or ex-wife, ex-partners
o With children in common: those who have procreated
children in common, regardless of whether they live together
or not.
o Ancestors: father and mother, grandmothers or
grandparents, great-grandparents and great-grandmothers.

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o Descendants: sons and daughters, grandchildren and

granddaughters, great-grandchildren and great-
granddaughters.
o Consanguineous relatives: brothers and sisters, aunts and
uncles, cousins and cousins, nephews and nieces.
o Relative related relatives: father-in-law and mother-in-law,
brother-in-law and sister-in-law, son-in-law and yerna.
o Other relationships: Stepfather and stepmother.
o Those who have no previous conditions live in the same home.

3. TYPES OF VIOLENCE

3.1. PHYSICAL
VIOLENCE: It is the action
or conduct, that causes
damage to the corporal
integrity or to the health. It
includes abuse due to
negligence, neglect or basic
need deprivation, that have
caused physical damage or
that may cause it,
regardless of the time that
is required for its recovery.

3.2. PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE: It is the action or conduct,

tending to control or isolate the person against his will, to humiliate
or embarrass it and that can cause psychic damages.

Psychic damage: it is the affectation or some alteration of

the mental functions or person capacities, produced by a fact
or a set of situations of violence, that determines a temporary

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or permanent, reversible or irreversible impairment of

previous integral functioning.

3.3. SEXUAL VIOLENCE: They are sexual nature actions that are
committed against a person without his consent or under duress. They
include acts that do not involve penetration or physical contact. They
are also considered as exposure to pornographic material and that they
violate the right of people to voluntarily decide about their sexual or
reproductive life, through threats, coercion, use of force or
intimidation.

3.4. ECONOMIC VIOLENCE: It is the action or omission that is

directed to cause an impairment in the economic or patrimonial
resources of any person, through:
Loss, destruction or retention of objects, instruments of work,
personal documents.
Economic resources limitation to meet their needs or
deprivation of the means to live a dignified life.
Limitation or control of your income.

4. RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE FAMILY GROUP

Rights to a life free of violence: Women and family members

have the right to a violence life free, to be valued and educated,
to be free from all discrimination forms, social and cultural
practices based on inferiority concepts.

Right to assistance and protection: Entities should allocate

specialized, logistical and budgetary human resources to detect
violence, care for victims, protect them and restore their rights.

Labor rights: They have the right not to suffer dismissal for
reasons related to acts of violence.

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Rights in the education field : A person who is a victim of

violence has the right to change places and study hours without
prejudice to their rights, justification for absences and tardiness,
and specialized care in education.

5. ABOUT THE COMPLAINT AND THE PROCESS

5.1. THE COMPLAINT :

- The complaint can

be presented in
writing or verbally.
In the case of a
verbal complaint, a
report is drawn up
without any other
requirement than
to provide a
succinct account of
the facts.

You can report:

The aggrieved person
The Ombudsman's Office
Any person who knows the violence facts.
Health and education professionals.
The municipal public defender of children and adolescents.

When the Peruvian National Police is aware of cases of violence

against women or members of the family group, in any of its
national police stations, it must bring the facts to the attention
of the family courts or those who perform their functions within
the Twenty-four hours of known the fact, sending the statement
that summarizes the action.

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5.2. THE PROCESS:

- Within a maximum period of

seventy-two hours, following
the lodging of the complaint,
the family court or its
equivalent proceeds to
evaluate the case and resolves
in oral hearing the issuance of
the required protective
measures that are necessary .

Likewise, ex officio or at the victim request, the oral

hearing pronounces on precautionary measures that
protect claims for food, visits, tenure, suspension or
extinction of custody, liquidation of patrimonial regime.

Once the actions have been analyzed, the family court or

its equivalent proceeds to refer the case to the criminal
prosecution for the initiation of criminal proceedings

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II. CONCLUSIONS
Violence against women is a violation of human rights, rooted in
historically unequal power relations between men and women,
and systemic discrimination against women that is widespread in
both the public and private spheres.

Although violence against women is universal and present in all

societies and cultures, it takes different forms and is experienced
differently. The forms of violence women experience and the ways
in which they experience them are often shaped by the
intersection of gender with other factors such as race, ethnicity,
class, age, sexual orientation, disability, Nationality, legal status,
religion and culture.

Violence against women is complex and diverse in its

manifestations. That very diversity shows that it is neither
immutable nor inevitable. The conditions conducive to violence
against women are socially produced and, consequently, the
processes by which they are produced can be modified.

The family is the basis of society and marriage is the basis of the
family. Violence against women and the family group affects
families and the violent family translates into a violent society.
Violence in mothers family disintegration separation and divorce
of parents affect children and there is no good individual or family
development.

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III. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Convencin sobre la eliminacin de todas las formas de
discriminacin contra la mujer (CEDAW)
Convencin Interamericana para prevenir, sancionar y erradicar
la violencia contra la mujer Convencin De Belm Do Par
Londoo, Argelia. (1992) En Memoria Seminario Subregional
sobre la Violencia contra la Mujer OPS. Nicaragua

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