Violence against women in the City Alegria neighborhood of the city of Loja

Abstract

Violence against women has become a social and health problem, therefore, different actions are carried out to try to stop this phenomenon, however, it has not been possible instead Ecuador reports alarming figures of violence, for this reason , this research is carried out whose objective is to prevent violence against women in the City Alegria neighborhood of the city of Loja, through the proposal of a Social Work Program that makes families in this sector aware of the importance of recognizing their rights in order to generate a coexistence free of violence. The quantitative study is based on the application of surveys to 344 women from the Ciudad Alegria neighborhood of the city of Loja, the same ones that statistically analyzed show that psychological violence prevails in 55.52%, although there is no record of sexual violence in the sample obtained, but this result does not agree with the type of assessment they give to their family environment, therefore, the treatment that women receive within their home is considered as a routine or part of their daily lives. According to the results, women are aware of being victims of violence (99.42%), but they put up with it and allow the abuse of power by men and inequality between men and women to continue to grow and spread, actions promoted from the core family, due to negative reactions from relatives and embarrassment to society. Additionally, the main characteristics of violence against women are the reiteration of epithets that undermine dignity, contempt, and devaluation by generating notable consequences such as stress, anxiety, and mistrust of other people.