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Oxfam presented the second edition of “Breaking the Patterns of Violence and Inequality in Latin America,” a report that describes the images behind gender-based violence (GBV).
The report provides figures such as 80% of women in Latin America have suffered violence, a ‘critical situation’This was stated by Gloria Garcia-Parra, regional director of Oxfam in Latin America, in an interview with the publication EFE.
“Almost all women in Latin America have experienced an episode of violence: women, girls and young people. This is a fact that is quite complicated, because in the region there is not only physical violence, but also other types,” says the director.
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Despite the depressing numbers regarding violence, there is a difference between this edition and the first one, which “fills with hope”: change in imagination in young people.
According to the report, eight out of ten young people They support equal marriage. They accept that same-sex couples can raise children, and they understand that a “no” from a woman is a really “no.”
Moreover, García-Parra emphasizes that “the pandemic has helped us reflect on many aspects, including internal dynamics,” leading 77% of people surveyed to not associate housework exclusively with women.
“So there’s a little bit more acceptance that men should and can and are able to do housework as well,” the director says, arguing that “There is progress being seen among this (young) population group that was surveyed, which is people aged 18 to 35.”
What there was no progress between 2018 and 2024 was violence.
While six self-identified cisgender men indicated that they had never been assaulted or experienced gender-based violence, only three women indicated that they had not experienced gender-based violence.
That is, today “Seven out of ten women have been attacked for being women.”– the director admits.
This type of violence is still linked to the imaginaries embedded in society, and it is also linked to what those societies see.
“We need to get the attention of the media because there is no such thing as a crime of passion, there are crimes and murders, and by labeling them the only thing they are trying to do is save the criminal from his guilt,” adds Garcia-Parra. , which argues that even if these patterns are broken, there will be no change.
While there is hope to continue to ‘break the mold’, it is a difficult time for organizations such as Oxfam because “There are many fronts from different sides that want to promote gender injustice,” Details from the director.
Moreover, it stipulates that these fronts operate through social media with very high budgets, which has allowed them to reach different audiences, in contrast to the support that civil organizations receive today, which amounts to less than 1% of official funds allocated for cooperation to development.
But despite everything, Oxfam proposes three courses of action that will enable us to transform these cruel perceptions and change society: increase funding for gender and racial justice; incorporate gender and intersectional equity into public policy; promote cultural change and new narratives in favor of transforming the imaginary.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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