La Violencia de Género en Zonas Urbanas y Rurales del Cantón Latacunga

Abstract

This thesis entitled “Gender Violence in Urban and Rural Areas of Latacunga Canton” analyzes the regulations of the Ecuadorian legal system and the actions of government agencies for the protection and eradication of gender violence. In recent years, the number of women who have been victims of some type of violence throughout their lives in a country that has established actions to eradicate gender violence is alarming. This is shown by the latest to the national survey on Family Relations and Gender Violence against Women (ENVIGMU) and Femicides 2019. This reality has led in recent years the various competent authorities at the local and national level to create and implement regulations that seek to prevent, eradicate, punish and comprehensively redress all forms of violence against women seeking to guarantee their rights. The main objective of the research study is to evaluate the actions implemented by the State and the local government in their application to the problem of gender violence against women in the canton of Latacunga. For this purpose, an analysis of the normative body and its functioning is carried out. Through a mixed methodology and with a hypothetical-deductive method. Finally, a field study is included based on the structuring that determined a population and sample that made it possible to identify the ingrained factors that perpetuate this problem that directly affects the lives of thousands of women. The results of the research conclude that, although Ecuador has a robust legal framework for the eradication of gender violence, its implementation is uneven due to structural and institutional factors in each area, the weakness in the dissemination of rights and the scarce coverage of specialized services in rural areas. This shows the need to strengthen and implement prevention and care measures according to the social and cultural particularities of the geographical sector.