![]() But it did not commit resources to extend these protections to hard-to-reach areas.Īfter consulting with local communities, the justice system and partners including UNFPA, the Huamanga Provincial Municipality decided to enforce the law by deploying a response system carried out by judges specialized in family law, police officers and social workers. In late 2015, Peru passed a law that, for the first time, guaranteed police protection for survivors of gender-based violence. "We realized that the only way to really respond to this problem was through an integrated approach re-victimizing the victim.” "Gender-based violence is a structural problem rooted in society," said Richard Sarmiento Quinta, a former official from the Municipality of Huamanga. These are significant figures in a region where the same survey found that 1 in 3 women had suffered violence from their partner. Only 37 per cent of survivors called the police to report abuse, while 54 per cent preferred to seek help from family members or friends, according to a 2018 survey. The administrative hassle severely limited the number of women seeking police assistance. On top of dealing with the trauma itself, women - many of whom live in poverty and come from rural and marginal urban areas - had to visit several offices to complete the paperwork and wait months, or even years, for a judge to order police protection. LIMA, Peru – For survivors of gender-based violence in Peru’s Ayacucho region, filing a police complaint used to be a daunting experience.
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