Violencia Basada en Género en Bucaramanga 2020-2022

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic in Bucaramanga caused an increase in gender violence between 2020 and 2022, due to individual, social and cultural factors such as machista culture, alcoholism and religious influence. These factors generate historical inequalities between men and women, which are expressed in domination and discrimination. In this qualitative study, data from the Women's Observatory, the Attorney General's Office and the Municipal Diagnosis on intimate partner or ex-partner homicides and femicide news from 2015 to 2021 are analyzed to determine the profile of victims and aggressors of gender-based violence (GBV) in the city. The results show that more than 40% of the cases reported as gender-based violence (GBV) occurred in adult women between the ages of 29 to 59, followed by an average of 25% women between the ages of 18 to 28. The findings of this study indicate that it is necessary to implement awareness-raising policies to prevent violence against women, create safe spaces and inform about channels of care through the media, in collaboration with human rights defenders.