Violencia vicaria: violencia machista invisibilizada en nuestro ordenamiento jurídico

Abstract

This research project is focused on the analysis of vicarious violence as a type of gender violence invisibilized in Ecuador; that is the reason behind the central objective, which is to demonstrate the unawareness of this problem in our social environment and propose the incorporation into the Ecuadorian legal system.The research had a qualitative approach, and the methods used in it depended on the approach and development of the theme of each chapter. This way, in the first two chapters, the descriptive method was used to capture, in general lines, the normative and doctrinal foundations of gender violence and vicarious violence, and in chapter three, the critical-descriptive analysis method was used, along with the interview technique, to examine the recognition of this type of violence in comparative law, to determine the status of this problem in our country and generate a new proposal for the addition of the concept of vicarious violence as a type of gender violence incorporated within the typology in the Comprehensive Organic Law to Prevent and Eradicate violence against women.Through this investigation, it was possible to determine that vicarious violence exists and is a latent problem in our country, so its recognition is extremely important to avoid the violation of rights.