Post by account_disabled on Mar 13, 2024 3:20:03 GMT -5
November 25 marks the International Day of No Violence Against Women. This day was established after the murder in the Dominican Republic of the three Mirabal sisters, activists against the Trujillo dictatorship. The aim is to broaden the perspective and become aware of the depth of the violence that women suffer, often considered “second-class” violence. As the anthropologist and feminist Rita Segato says, "crimes against women are generally seen as a minor crime." On a day like today, we need to broaden this narrow and reduced view. What was a pioneering and exemplary law in 2004, the Organic Law on Comprehensive Protection Measures against Gender Violence has been narrow. This law tries to protect violence within a couple or ex-partner, without covering violence that we experience outside of sexual-affective relationships. The law represented a change of mentality, taking this type of violence from the private to the public.
And it did so with a comprehensive view that included not only punishment but processes of prevention, protection and persecution, in the line recommended by the international treaties signed by Spain. This It helped to broaden our vision and broaden our mentalities, to open that narrow door. And today we need to open it a AOL Email List little more. There are promises of legislative changes that we await between hope and fear that they will once again leave so many out. Do we open that door, to make it more inclusive, to encompass more realities? It is essential to approve and provide a budget for a new law against sexual violence , which expands protection to women without a patriarchal perspective. We need to work on raising awareness with the male population from school.
We celebrate that in this bill there is a broad section regarding reparation processes for survivors. The “law of only yes is yes” moves away from the narrowness of the punitive path. Punishment results in a narrow and reduced view, which leaves women as victims with little agency, in need of protection. And furthermore, exemplary punishments trigger the bile of those who question this violence, going from perpetrators to victims. Can we expand protection and demand stable, comprehensive and restorative resources that put damaged people at the center? Many within the Feminist Movement also want a law that protects the rights of transsexual people and the LGTBI community , trusting that this expands rights and does not erase women. From feminism we have known for a long time that all non-normative bodies deserve legislative tools that help us build a more equitable world, where discrimination and injustices try to be eliminated or at least alleviated.
And it did so with a comprehensive view that included not only punishment but processes of prevention, protection and persecution, in the line recommended by the international treaties signed by Spain. This It helped to broaden our vision and broaden our mentalities, to open that narrow door. And today we need to open it a AOL Email List little more. There are promises of legislative changes that we await between hope and fear that they will once again leave so many out. Do we open that door, to make it more inclusive, to encompass more realities? It is essential to approve and provide a budget for a new law against sexual violence , which expands protection to women without a patriarchal perspective. We need to work on raising awareness with the male population from school.
We celebrate that in this bill there is a broad section regarding reparation processes for survivors. The “law of only yes is yes” moves away from the narrowness of the punitive path. Punishment results in a narrow and reduced view, which leaves women as victims with little agency, in need of protection. And furthermore, exemplary punishments trigger the bile of those who question this violence, going from perpetrators to victims. Can we expand protection and demand stable, comprehensive and restorative resources that put damaged people at the center? Many within the Feminist Movement also want a law that protects the rights of transsexual people and the LGTBI community , trusting that this expands rights and does not erase women. From feminism we have known for a long time that all non-normative bodies deserve legislative tools that help us build a more equitable world, where discrimination and injustices try to be eliminated or at least alleviated.