Violencia basada en el género en un barrio de Saltillo, Coahuila. Propuesta de método y de intervención

Abstract

In the context of the growing violence in the country, the most affected population are women, due to what is known as gender-based violence (vbg). In a situation that tends to be seen with indifference and normalization, there is a link between feminicide and patriarchal domination in which the roles of femininity and masculinity contribute to gender-based violence. This paper addresses the problem from a theoretical perspective, as a theoretical framework of a field study. Thus the study is introduced by a characterization of the violence according to several specialists in the field, their approaches and models, to study violence against women as a complex social phenomenon. Then the methodology and the results of a study conducted in Saltillo, Coahuila, notably about the occurrence of violent behaviors among a group of women, with the aim of promoting the eradication of practices, attitudes and values which underpin the VBG and of putting forward a methodology that can be applied in other communities.