Propuesta de reforma al artículo 59 de la Ley Orgánica Integral para prevenir y erradicar la violencia contra las mujeres en Ecuador.

Abstract

Ecuadorian society has now seen how in recent years the phenomenon of gender violence has increased considerably in all its forms, including deaths that occur due to gender, for which, with the promulgation of the Code Organic Integral Penal In 2014, the criminal offense of femicide was created as a strategy to make visible and reduce deaths due to gender reasons in Ecuador. However, this strategy has been ineffective, since since the creation of the criminal type each year these crimes have increased alarmingly, hence the need to develop strategies that allow prevention. In this context, violence risk assessment scales emerge, which are tools that allow predicting the risk of serious violence against women based on scientific parameters. Of these mechanisms, Ecuador adopted the EPV-R, of Spanish origin, however, the need arises for the mechanism to be adapted to Ecuadorian needs, so that its predictive effectiveness does not decrease, as analyzed in this study.