Violence against women. Peace as a solution from education

Abstract

Aminta Buenaño takes an important approach on violence against women. She notes that it is a cultural phenomenon that has to do with deeply rooted ideas and beliefs in the collective imagination, of society. In spite of the fact that many countries in the world have achieved the best laws against gender violence, it still goes largely unrecognized and each day more alarming data arises.

All we know is that changing people’s culture and idiosyncrasy is a slow process. This epidemic can only be eradicated with education from a gender perspective. Educating for a culture of peace is educating on gender equality. We must educate in school, the family, and mass media, eliminating sexist language and the signs and signals that perpetuate patriarchal society.