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Comunidad y Salud

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MARCANO, Anaid  and  PALACIOS, Yrali. GENDER VIOLENCE IN VENEZUELA. CATEGORIZATION, CAUSES AND CONSEQUEN. Comunidad y Salud [online]. 2017, vol.15, n.1, pp.73-85. ISSN 1690-3293.

This article is an analysis of Gender Violence in Venezuela categorization, causes and consequences considering this phenomenon as a public health problem that affects not only Venezuela if not many countries in the world. It has been maintained over time generating dire consequences for social institutions, as cultural beliefs, social structures, religious practisismos conceived in her to do daily causes intentional or not, where complex and multifactorial circumstances to occur the emergence of gender violence. These events disrupt families and developing their violent behavior in people that trigger a society with high rates of facts of this kind and so where social breakdown occurs. The study was conducted by a research documentary multidisciplinary approach to psychological, sociological, philosophical, and educational theories, which confirm the types of gender violence and the existence of its consequences generated by various causes. The social impact of gender violence was analyzed, as women bear this violence against them, which are the organizations receiving assistance available to women victims, the current situation of gender violence in Venezuela and as could be prevented and control these facts.

Keywords : gender violence; types of  violence; social impact.

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