Incidencia de las políticas públicas locales para la prevención de la violencia contra la mujer y el femicidio en la ciudad de Cuenca

Abstract

Gender violence constitutes a violation of human rights. That is why the national and international legal systems have been concerned with detecting, preventing and eradicating this problem. In Latin America in general and in Ecuador in particular, a set of legal norms has been approved and a series of public policies have been implemented in order to combat this social problem. Despite the existence of these special laws in Ecuador, statistics indicate that, in effect, the public policies implemented to combat and eradicate violence against women have not been sufficient. If we observe legislation lacking evaluation and communication with local governments, it is not surprising that the results in recent years on the rates of violence against women have increased in the canton of Cuenca. This research work tries to highlight the communicative void existing between the local public policies dictated by the municipal GAD of the city of Cuenca, in relation to the local public institutions responsible for an integral treatment of the problem, such as the Provincial Prosecutor's Office, the Council of the Provincial Judiciary, Zonal Azuay Educational District, assuming that this could be one of the reasons why the rate of violence against women in the city continues to be worrisome. This research shows that the fight against gender-based violence will only produce positive results if, together with coherent and efficient legislation, concrete, measurable, congruent, evaluable and, above all, participatory. These elements are analyzed in this research, which, through the use of a mixed methodology, it is possible to arrive at conclusions supported.