la violencia intrafamiliar y protección de derechos en la unidad judicial violencia contra la mujer y la familia, machala 2023

Abstract

The research responds to the violation of women's rights due to domestic violence with evidence in cases registered in the Judicial Unit of Violence against Women and the Family in the city of Machala and based on what has been addressed, to determine the main objective of this study, which is the role played by Social Workers in evaluating through their intervention the effectiveness of the protection of women's rights in the face of domestic violence in the aforementioned institution. Domestic violence is an issue that generates attention in Ecuador as in all countries in the world, given that, every day you can see and hear news about violence against women or their family circle. This is due to the scope it has had in recent years and because it is a phenomenon in which women and children are the most vulnerable to an action that consists of physical, psychological or sexual abuse carried out by a member of the family. For the execution of the research, a descriptive methodology was used, since it will allow a study to be carried out where it will detail facts and documentary since it is based on data through existing sources and bibliography with a qualitative approach because it is based on describing and carrying out a thorough analysis of the professional intervention of the Social Worker. this will allow us to know the importance of their work in the field of protection in the face of this situation of vulnerability of rights that challenges society, in order to achieve the objectives such as knowing the protection actions, strategies implemented by the Department of Social Work in the Judicial Unit for the protection of women's rights and analyzing the results of said intervention within the institution, through techniques such as direct observation to evidence the reality of the Social Worker in the judicial unit of violence against women and family, documentary analysis that will allow information to be collected, and the interview that allows synthesizing the information that is required to obtain adequate results through the questions used. Therefore, as it is a current problem, it needs to be addressed in order to take intervention actions in families, where an insecure scenario is reflected, which demands help and external support for the organization of family relationships, since intra-family violence is accompanied by a series of abusive episodes by one of the members of the family nucleus towards the other. with the aim of causing physical or emotional damage that generates negative impacts and effects that leave sequelae throughout their lives. Once the research techniques were implemented to know the actions of the professionals and the satisfaction of the care provided to the users of the institution, the results were obtained where revictimization is evidenced during the care in the first instance, therefore, it is important to apply improvements to the care protocol using a multidisciplinary interview that reduces revictimization, guaranteeing that victims receive respectful treatment, empathetic and fair, during the interview with the technical team in order to provide a safe environment throughout the judicial process.