Redes de apoyo en mujeres víctimas de violencia, una propuesta para generar resiliencia

Abstract

Gender based violence is currently known as a health-related issue that involves society as a whole. In Ecuador, six out of ten women are victims of any kind of violence, this showing repercussions in their emotional state, work performance, interpersonal relationships, and their life in general. This work was carried out from the qualitative research approach with a population of ten women attending a public institution in the country, who answered an interview and the questionnaire of couple support and stereotypes. The results evidenced the importance of support networks, which are useful both -formal and informal- to face a violent situation, and to denounce the act of violence, contributing a lot for the restoration of the interpersonal relationships and allowing them to find with themselves, thus strengthening their self-esteem, decision making and generating a bigger amount of resilience than they already had. It is concluded that the support networks are vital to the person who has suffered gender based violence and are recognized as producers of resilience. The most important being informal networks, since having a close person, be it family or friend, allow the victim to be able to denounce the act and think of a way out, setting new life goals and meet new goals in the short, medium and long term