Visibilización de la violencia estructural por identidad de género a través del transfemicidio en Ecuador: Un análisis con derecho comparado

Abstract

The research addresses the issue of transfemicide in the context of Argentina, Ecuador and Mexico; transfemicide is defined as the murder of trans women because of hatred towards their gender identity, reflecting the systematized structural violence that has contributed to cycles of discrimination and violence (Parrales,2023). In Ecuador, even with the progress of legal regulations on LGBTQI+ rights such as the decriminalization of homosexuality or equal marriage with the 2008 constitution, there are still high rates of violence against this community and it has worsened with the lack of criminalization and public policies to protect their rights, Argentina shows progress in terms of rights as it is characterized by the implementation of effective public policies that have contributed to the decrease in rates of structural violence against women, which has made this problem visible, however, it has shown challenges in its correct application. In the three countries there are common factors at the moment of making visible the statistics since poverty, social exclusion, lack of employment, poor access to adequate health systems, limited access to justice and sex work are the predominant factors, thefight against transmicide not only requires a typification in normative bodies but also the Visibilization of structural violence to form a collective conscience.