Posts Tagged ‘Violencia sexual’
Sexual violence in the municipalities prioritized for peace
It is a priority to establish public policies that demilitarize everyday life and dismantle practices that promote sexual violence in post-conflict scenarios.
Read MoreSilences
Women who have the courage to denounce sexual harassment are often revictimized when faced with numerous obstacles to access justice. In addition, their versions of the events are rarely trusted, when they are not publicly threatened and denigrated. In light of these situation, no one has the right to question the silence of women who have been raped.
Read MoreThe sexist cartel of the robe
To break the silence of sexual violence it is necessary to “begin by believing” the victims. Also by applying international standards such as the Rome Statute against gender violence, which make it clear that silence or lack of resistance do not imply consent to abuse.
Read MoreSexual violence in the Special Jurisdiction for Peace: more penalties do not mean more truth
More important than the symbolic message that Congress intended to give by increasing the penalties for sexual violence against children is that truth and justice do in fact exist.
Read MoreWhere are these so-called monsters born?
We refuse to believe that a “normal” person can become a perpetrator capable of raping and brutally murdering a girl, impaling a woman or burning her body with excessive cruelty.
Read MoreWar machos: sexual violence in Peru during the armed conflict
The reality of sexual violence in Peru during the armed conflict shows in a raw and terrifying way how war demanded combatants to become machos, men capable of raping women without remorse, guilt, or ethical impediments.
Read MoreThe False Beliefs about False Accusations
Although 98% of sexual assault accusations are real, the other 2% determine how we treat survivors of this type of violence.
Read MoreConstitutional Court Accepts Case to Guarantee Medical Attention to Survivors of Sexual Assault
Dejusticia alongside four women’s human rights organizations filed a lawsuit that seeks to ameliorate the serious problems that survivors of sexual assault face in Colombia.
Read MoreTraining on Issues on Sexual Violence in the Armed Conflict: A Methodological Proposal for Public Servants
We contribute some pedagogical materials to develop a training program on this topic. We hope its implementation will contribute to an improvement in the attention given to survivors, and the investigation and judicialization of sexual violence committed in the armed conflict with the goal of reducing impunity for these crimes and increasing survivors’ access to justice.
Read MoreDigital Violence
With the increasing use of the Internet and social media new forms of violence against women has emerged.
Read MoreRemembering our Brothers and Sisters: November 20th, Transgender Day of Remembrance
The fact that 64% of transgender persons in Bogota suffer some sort of aggression because of their gender identity shows that we need to exchange our prejudices for respect and comprehension.
Read MoreAccess to justice for women victims of sexual violence
Fifth follow-up report on Decision 092 of the Constitutional Court.
Read MoreAmicus Curiae for the case of sexual violence against women in Peru
The present Amicus Curiae, involves d five cases of sexual violence against women in the Peruvian armed conflict and argues that according to Peruvian and international law, the State must prosecute such acts of sexual violence
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