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FEMICIDE IN ECUADOR

Abstract:

Violence against women is recognized as a social problem worldwide, although it is difficult to quantify due to the number of unreported incidents; according to the National Survey on Family Relations and Gender Violence, 6 out of 10 women in Ecuador have suffered gender violence. Faced with this situation, governments and civil society are developing strategies to eliminate all forms of violence against women, including the criminalization of suicide in many Latin American laws, but this still does not prevent women from dying that is why this research aims to develop a document of knowledge, result and scientific discussion that addressed femicide in Ecuador, seeking a review of the concept, characteristics, types and criminal modalities, in conjunction with the applicable penalties. The bibliographic methodology was implemented, in addition to a quantitative methodology in order to analyze statistical data at the national level and in the Province of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas. Throughout the research it has been possible to demonstrate the progress made in other countries with respect to the definition of the crime of femicide and the application of drastic penalties for this criminal act.