Feminicidio: problema sociocultural inmerso en el contexto colombiano

Abstract

Femicide is a social problem, which is caused by the man to the woman as the highest expression of violence towards her death. Although this phenomenon has been present throughout history, there are still shortcomings in its social recognition. It is a problem that attempts mulberry morality, physics and psychologically to the victim, before her death, their families and their social environment. That is why it is necessary to differentiate from the legal and conceptual framework this type of killing others in order to have real data of the cases presented at global and national level in order to measure the problem itself. In Colombia, it is necessary to implement additional to existing laws, which will shelter rights of women and especially drastically penalizing those who commit this crime. It is also important to implement public policies that guarantee the priority and timely attention to women and her families, who denounce any act of violence against them, to contribute to decrease cases of femicide. From the sociocultural field, this scourge affects the patterns of violent behavior tend to repeat transgenerationally, the problem persists in time.