Resumo

GUTIERREZ GOMEZ, Jessica. El acceso a la justicia de mujeres que viven en situación de violencia. Revista Venezolana de Estudios de la Mujer [online]. 2009, vol.14, n.32, pp.43-52. ISSN 1316-3701.

The aim of this paper is to understand what factors hinder access to justice for women living in situations of violence, from legally inadequate policies and procedures, to Attorney’s structural or subjective constraints, impeding an effective, efficient and objective intervention towards the survivors. It quotes some of the emotional and security implications for women to settle and initiate criminal proceedings against their aggressors and how many times they end up being revictimizing during the process, finding the dehumanizing treatment, disbelief, impunity, inefficiency, neglect and lack of will to solve their problems. Finally, here are mentionned the issues of working with violence victims.

Palavras-chave : justice; violence; legal rights.