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Liliana Astrid Loaiza

May 2019.

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MISTREATMENT AGAINST THE WEAKER SEX THAT IS NOT SO WEAK...........................4
o Self-inflicted violenceUnderstand suicidal behavior and the
self-harm
o Interpersonal violence:This type of violence is divided into two categories. ......6
Mortality by sex or age............................................................7
Bibliografía ...................................................................................................................10
Vita ...............................................................................................................................11
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Mistreatment Against the Weaker Sex That Is Not So Weak Formatted: Heading 1, Indent: First line: 0"

While human rights violations affect both men

Like women, their impact varies according to the sex of the victim. The studies

research on the subject allows us to affirm that any aggression perpetrated against a woman

it has a characteristic that allows it to be identified as gender-based violence. This

it means that it is directly linked to the unequal distribution of power and to the

asymmetrical relationships that are established between men and women in our society, which

perpetuates the devaluation of the feminine and its subordination to the masculine. What

the difference between this type of violence and other forms of aggression is that the risk factor

The mere fact of being a woman is a vulnerability.

The 20th century will be remembered as a century marked by violence, it overwhelms us by

his legacy of mass destruction, of violence inflicted on an unprecedented scale. Less

visible, but even more widespread, is the legacy of individual and daily suffering; the

pain of the children abused by the people who should protect them, of the women

wounded or humiliated by violent partners, of the elderly mistreated by their

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caregivers, of young people bullied by other young people and of people of all ages

who act violently against themselves. This suffering of which I could give many

More examples, it is a legacy that reproduces itself as the new ones

generations learn from previous violence, victims learn from their aggressors

and it is allowed for the social conditions that favor violence to persist in all

his senses.

No country, no city, no community is immune to violence. The

violence thrives when there is no true democracy, no real respect for

human rights, good governance. "We talk about how it can be possible a

culture of violence that gnaws away day by day at the entire world; many people who

they live with violence almost daily and assume it as inherent to their condition

human, but it is not like that. It is possible to prevent it, as well as completely reorient the

cultures in which it prevails. Recommendations and reports have been made to act on

local, national, and international level, being an invaluable instrument." (Nelson

Mandela

Public health does not provide all the answers to this very complex problem.

as violence is, but they are determined to play an important role in their

worldwide prevention, it can be said that violence has always been a part of

from human experience, its effects can be seen in various forms. Every year

dozens of people lose their lives and many others suffer non-fatal injuries such as

result of self-inflicted, interpersonal or collective violence, we are talking about

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that violence is a problem becoming one of the primary causes of

death worldwide for ages between 15 and 44 years.

Approach to violence

From a health perspective, it can be said that a focus is made on

where some steps for the prevention of the topic are followed, such as, they are:

Causes and factors that the problem

Factors that increase or decrease the risk of violence

Factors that could be modified through professional actions.

It is necessary to note that any analysis conducted on what it is and what it implies

global violence. Many organizations put their efforts to control

that situation, but there are countless cases that arise in all directions, not just

Towards women, it is an issue focused on all genders as we will see.

continuation:

Self-inflicted violence: It includes suicidal behavior and the

self-harm

Interpersonal violence: This type of violence is divided into two categories.

Family or partner violence

Community violence
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Collective violence. This type of violence includes or is subdivided into

social violence, political violence, and economic violence.

Mortality by sex or age

Like many other health problems in the world, violence does not

distributes equally between the sexes nor among the age groups nor among the

different regions of the world, for example, in Colombia the homicide rate in

one year was 164.5 per 100,000 while in Mexico and Cuba it was 12.6 and

32.3 per 100,000 just using this as an example without mentioning gender

feminine and the violence against children, World Health Organization.

that violence is a multifaceted problem with biological and psychological roots,

social and environmental issues must be addressed at several different levels simultaneously. The

which would imply the following:

To address the individual risk factors and take measures to modify them.

behaviors.

Influence close personal relationships and promote family environments

healthy, as well as providing professional help and support to families

dysfunctional.

To monitor public spaces such as schools, neighborhoods, workplaces and

adopt measures to solve the problems that can lead to

violent behaviors.

To correct inequalities based on gender and all those attitudes and

harmful cultural practices.

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Face the major cultural, social, and economic factors that contribute to

violence, hacking away at the gaps between social differences, ensuring the

equitable access to goods, services, and opportunities.

Much of the violence is related to social inequalities and

between the sexes, which increases the risk among sectors of the population, the

experience of some countries that have improved the situation of women and

they have reduced social discrimination shows that a ... will be needed

set of investments at the national level, these include reforms

legislative and judicial despite those that already exist, governments must

to focus their methodologies on the continuous improvement of awareness

facing a problem that is increasing day by day.

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Bibliography

- Vega, Silvia and Rosario Gomez (1993), "violence against women in domestic relationships"
couple; the most silent and frequent violation of human rights, women and rights
humans in Latin America, Lima, network among women.

Websites

- ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) (1993), activities and topics
priorities of the United Nations and intergovernmental organizations of Latin America
and the Caribbean on the subject of women.
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Life

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