Public Policy and Gender-Based Violence in the Region Tumbes, 2023

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the association between public policy and gender violence, in the Tumbes 2023 region. Women are the main victims of violence exerted within a space of coexistence, perpetrated by the partner or ex-partner, a situation that demand for effective and sustained government actions, which is why both constants will be evaluated.

Methodology: Descriptive-correlational-non-experimental quantitative study, a questionnaire was applied to 39 women victims of gender violence who attended a mental health center in Tumbes (sample), the data collected was subjected to the corresponding descriptive and inferential analysis. through the SPSS version 27 program.

Results: 59% qualified the public policy as moderately effective, for 23.1% it was not very effective, for 7.7% it was not effective at all and for 10.3% effective. The predominant type of violence was psychological at a moderate (51.3%) and severe (30.8%) level. There is no association between the preventive axis (p= 0.702) of public policy and gender violence, while the axes of care (p= 0.006), protection (p= 0.036) and recovery (p= 0.006) of public policy had a significant relationship with gender violence.

Conclusion: The alternative hypothesis was accepted and the null hypothesis was rejected, establishing that, if there is a significant association (p=0.029 < p-value = 0.01) between public policy and gender violence, in the Tumbes region 2023.