La dependencia económica de la mujer y su impacto en la violencia intrafamiliar en la ciudad de Machala 2020

Abstract

Society has always been a field of action where man has been the one who has characterized himself as the one who maintains and generates support for the home. Social transformation has required that women be an active part of economic dependence, which for those who do not have the ability to be an active part of society, are subjected to different types of abuse that are a consequence of lack of preparation, or of their own culture. The economic dependence of women and its impact on domestic violence in the city of Machala, has no exceptions in reference to maintaining a relationship free of violence, it is a situation that in certain homes is aggravated despite the laws in force. From this point of view, the following objective is proposed, which consists of establishing the incidence of economic dependence on women and its impact on intrafamily violence in the Primero de Enero neighborhood of the city of Machala. It is important to know the impact of intrafamily violence within households and, at the same time, to know the impact caused by economic dependence that allows women to strengthen that sense of autonomy. Through the investigative process, the majority of women were not aware of economic dependence and that this leads to unwanted situations of violence. To carry out the research work, a series of ordered and systematized procedures called research techniques and instruments was applied, such as observation and bibliographic review of the techniques used and the survey, the instrument that highlighted this problem within the investigated context. The population to be studied was a random sample of 25 women who live in the neighborhood on Primero de Enero, which will help to study the impact of the problem on daily life. The importance of showing the reality that exists in the Primero de Enero neighborhood in the city of Machala, made it possible to develop instruments to obtain this information. The results obtained show that intrafamily violence is very persistent and normalized within homes since many women do not know what the violence consists of economic dependence and therefore this ignorance triggers a series of limitations that denigrate the quality of life of women. According to the data obtained, a total of 25 women surveyed, only 24% know what economic violence consists of, while 76% do not know about this issue. The proposed proposal consisted of the application of an interactive workshop through psychoeducation through the zoom application in online mode, to prevent and inform about the different types of intrafamily violence that can occur due to economic dependence, directed towards the women living in the neighborhood January 1st in the city of Machala. Through this analysis it is worth noting that Social Work plays an essential role in the intervention with families, working together with them so that there can be joint responsibility among all its members and in turn allowing to prevent these situations through awareness since It is very important to break those paradigms that impede the development of families and therefore in society. Social Work takes on the challenge of transforming generational patterns that violate the quality of life of women through economic dependence. In this sense, through the workshop, women were made aware of the existence of this not so recognized type of violence in such a way that a greater empowerment of their economic, personal and family rights was achieved, where the belief that It is necessary to live in the midst of violence within the home due to the mere fact that the aggressor is the one who contributes to the economic situation, obtaining the conclusion that the vast majority of women are unaware of this type of violence and consider it normal since during their life it has been normalized this behavior that the man is the one who generates the household income.