Women in Guatemala’s Metropolitan Area
Violence, Law, and Social Justice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12967600 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paula Godoy‐paiz (McGill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-47 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Social Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1911-4788 • E-ISSN: 1911-4788 |
| Publisher | Brock University Library (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.26522/ssj.v2i1.966 |
| OpenAlex | W1564991081 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 13 |
In this article I examine the legal framework for addressing violence against women in post war Guatemala. Since the signing of the Peace Accords in 1996, judicial reform in Guatemala has included the passing of laws in the area of women‘s human rights, aimed at eliminating discrimination and violence against women. These laws constitute a response to and have occurred concurrently to an increase in violent crime against women, particularly in the form of mass rapes and murders. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Guatemala‘s Metropolitan Area, this paper juxtaposes the laws for addressing violence against women to Guatemalan women‘s complex, multilayered and multi-dimensional life experiences. The latter expose the limitations of strictly legal understandings of the phenomenon of gender-based violence, and highlight the need for broad social justice approaches that take into account the different structures of violence, inequality, and injustice present in women‘s lives
Criminology · Domestic violence · Economic Justice · Geography · Human rights · Inequality · Injustice · Metropolitan area · Phenomenon · Poison control · Political science · Social injustice · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Sex work and related issues
Domestic Violence/Violence Against Women
The Uneven Impacts of Violence against Women Reform in Guatemala
Violence against Women and Specialized Justice in Guatemala
Protecting a Woman's Honor or Protecting Her Sexual Freedom
Home Security
Thinking about Violence
States of violence
"Not Just "Another Woman
Citizens of Fear
Sites of ViolenceGender and Conflict Zones
Gender Justice, Human Rights, and Neo‐Liberal Economic Policies
Guatemaltecas
Violence and Subjectivity
Women's Capabilities and Social Justice
Murder in Ciudad Juárez
Researching Domestic Violence Against Women
Ruling out Gender Equality? The Post-Cold War rule of law agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa
Violencia Femicida
Violence and Women's Lives in Eastern Guatemala
Purity and Exile
Embodiment of Terror
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |