Niñas y niños involucrados en procesos de sustracción familiar en México

• Main Author: Edith Carrillo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Manizales 2011-10-01
• Series: Revista Latinoamericana en Ciencias Sociales, Niñez y Juventud
• Subjects: Children; abduction; gender.
• Online Access: http://revistaumanizales.cinde.org.co/index.php/Revista-Latinoamericana/article/view/459/250

The purpose of this paper is to provide elements for a broader discussion of the challenges faced bychildren who are involved in family disruption, and in particular, custody battles and abduction by a family member. To dothis, there was analyzed the configuration of the familiy disruption from the narratives of the parents and the governmentemployee located in the instances that have interference on this issue. The article seeks to demonstrate that although childrenare supposedly at the center of the dispute, in actuality their best interests are often times not taken into account. This isbecause instead of placing the wellbeing, of children first, gender and power relations between the adults involved overshadowchildren’s concerns in both public and private spheres.