ANALYSIS OF THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF GENDER VIOLENCE

• Main Authors: Lucía Caudillo-Ortega, María Teresa Hernández-Ramos, María Luisa Flores-Arias
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México 2017-07-01
• Series: Ra Ximhai
• Subjects: violence; gender; social determinants; analysis
• Online Access: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WzsMs3WYhZIhpAs7eyqniOXGkftzkfJg/view

Gender violence is a public health, social and human right problem, which is present at the globally and is permeated in all social classes, all socioeconomic levels and ages. Although gender-based violence has serious consequences for the health of the victims, and may even lead to murder or suicide, it is still considered a problem of private spaces, however, policies must be generated to eradicate the problem. Gender violence has its roots in gender inequalities built over time by society and perpetuated by various structures of the same. It is necessary to analyze the social determinants that influence gender violence to identify the modifiable parts of this problem. Gender violence is described as public health and then each of the social determinants that influence the phenomenon of study and finally give some final considerations of the analysis.