Repercusiones de la violencia de género en la niñez y adolescencia en Ecuador: enfoque intergeneracional

Gender violence in Ecuador represents a structural problem, which has not been effectively prevented or eradicated. The present study seeks to analyze the impacts of the presence of violence within the family home on children and adolescents. With the aim of intertwining experiences of violence in childhood with the future risk of engaging in criminal acts as adults. First, the Ecuadorian context of domestic violence is examined using statistics. Secondly, mothers and their children are established as primary victims, and the consequences of intergenerational transmission of violence are discussed. Subsequently, the profile of the aggressor is examined. Followed by the review of victimization in the cycle of gender violence, and impunity as a form of revictimization. Concrete evidence was discovered showing the relationship between violent homes and the predisposition to be become an aggressor or a victim in adulthood, thus perpetuates the cycle of gender violence.