Violence against women is any action against them based on their gender. This can be physical, sexual, psychological abuse or even death, called femicide. It is devastating how many cases of this type of violence we have in Peru, where women live with fear every time they leave their homes, despite the fact that their own house is not a safe place sometimes.
National statistics give us a more realistic perspective of this situation. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics, in the first 10 months of 2021 around 117,414 cases of violence against women were handled, which represents an increase of more than 69% compared to the same period in the previous year. Ipsos says that sexual violence, sexual harassment and physical violence are the three main problems faced by women and child girls. In 2021, according to the National Program for the Prevention and Eradication of Violence against Women and Members of the Family Group (Aurora), psychological violence was the most common in Peru. 63,922 cases were reported until the end of October, exceeding the figures for last 2020 by around 8,000 cases. In second and third place are physical and sexual violence, respectively. This year, violence against women continues to be a concern. Even more, where femicide represents the final point of the cycle of this violence.
Femicide, as one of the most inhuman forms of violence against women, reveals a serious social and insecurity problem for the country, which also impacts other aspects of human life, and how do we show this? Every day the number of cases of women who have had their right to live increased, their right to physical integrity has been taken away. In Peru, femicide is characterized by presenting antecedents, the large number of assaulted women first went in search of help and support to various state institutions, such as police stations and judicial institutions, but they did not receive an adequate and timely response, this confirms that the state has no capacity to protect women. According to figures from the National Aurora Program of the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (MIMP), an average of 3 femicides are registered each week, in 2021 around 166 cases were reported and in January 2022; 17 cases have been registered (Source: Diario El Comercio 09/03/22).
Warning voices are also raised from the UN, where they report that our country suffers high levels of violence against women and that there is also profound discrimination when it comes to accessing justice: "where there is, for example, a gender bias in cases of femicide, harassment, or publication of images and videos of sexual content” (Source EFE). In other words, we are dealing with cases of permanent violation of women's human rights, "Therefore, it is essential to point out that State and civil society organizations must promote strategies to prevent and resolve cases of femicide in the country, since they are crimes perpetrated daily against women. The State must act with due diligence, that is, the authorities must be required to thoroughly investigate the facts and apply justice to those responsible; as part of its international commitments to defend the human rights of all people”, (Source CMP Flora Tristán Lima, October 2005).
We have a society with a sexualized visual culture. Women cannot live without thinking there is someone waiting for them, this venereal culture sickens the population. The lack of respect, compression of evil and force; has segregated in society a pathology of abuse and violence where there are deaf ears of the authorities that being strength are chimeras. There are institutions dedicated to protecting women and society, the thing is that they are not doing their job. They need to protect the rights, punish abusers and educate people. Also, the media need to show the real situation and do not try to cover people, they remain silent and shout on deaf ears.
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