Gender Violence in Peru: Construction and Disputes of a Public Problem

• Autores: Alvites Sosa, Lucía Mariana, Duárez Mendoza, Jorge Luis
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2025
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/32506
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/discursos/article/view/32506
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: gender violence; public problems; feminicide; morality; violencia de género; problemas públicos; feminicidio; moral

This article offers an approach to the construction of gender violence as a public problem in Peru. To this end, we examine the development of Peruvian State institutionality oriented toward guaranteeing women's rights since the 1990s. We will identify the consensus and dissent among actors who participated in the construction of gender violence as a public problem in Peru, as well as their influences on the development of the institutional framework to address it. For this purpose, we draw on the conceptual contributions of the so-called sociology of public problems and gender theory. The study methodology includes case study analysis, deepening into the parliamentary debate on feminicide.