Violencia de género en mujeres cuidadoras del hogar : consecuencias en su calidad de vida. Estudio de casos en el cantón Simón Bolívar, provincia del Guayas en el año 2024.

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze gender violence in women caregivers at home and the consequences on their quality of life through a case study in the Simón Bolívar canton, Guayas province in 2024. To analyze the information obtained from the women's stories and respond to the objectives set, the Bronfenbrenner Ecological Model and gender expectations have been used. The elaboration of this research has a qualitative approach, in-depth semi-structured interviews were applied to women who experienced gender violence with their partners. Among the main results, it was evident that the most relevant and frequent types of violence are physical, psychological and economic violence, and that these experiences produced detrimental effects on the quality of life in a multidimensional way, mainly in the physical, emotional, social and economic dimensions, affecting physical and psychological health, producing low self-esteem, fear and social isolation, in addition to the negative effect on the economy, generating additional expenses in the care of ailments caused by acts of violence in the person as in the family. The women studied agreed to sue their aggressors and break the cycles of violence, motivated by support networks (family and friends).