La promulgación de la Ley Orgánica Integral para prevenir y erradicar la violencia de género contra las mujeres en el Ecuador, un desafío Legislativo, Social, Político y Cultural

Abstract

The Comprehensive Organic Law to Prevent and Eradicate Violence against Women was approved by the Ecuadorian congress on January 23, 2018, after an extensive social and political debate about its content. It is the first time that Ecuador has a Comprehensive Law to fulfil this end, after the promulgation of Law 103 in 1995. This paper has compiled some of the main concepts that underlie the need for this legal instrument, the figures on gender-based violence against women in the country, legal conceptions of equality, equity and non-discrimination, as well as gender perspective in laws and their relation to Women's Human Rights. National and international legal instruments, which were the legal framework that led to the promulgation of the law, are also exposed in this paper along with a summary of the content of the law. The contrast between these themes, the speeches of the legislative debate, the social reaction, the contributions of civil society from different collectives, women's organizations, conservative sectors, and the remarks of International Organizations of Human rights will demonstrate why addressing, treating, preventing and eradicating violence against women remains still a legislative, social, political and cultural challenge