Public Policy and Gender-Based Violence in the Region Tumbes, 2023

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the association between public policy andgender violence, in the Tumbes 2023 region. Women are the main victims of violenceexertedwithinaspaceofcoexistence,perpetratedbythepartnerorex-partner,asituation that demand for effective and sustained government actions, which is why bothconstantswillbe evaluated.Methodology:Descriptive-correlational-non-experimentalquantitativestudy,aquestionnaire was applied to 39 women victims of gender violence who attended a mentalhealth center in Tumbes (sample), the data collected was subjected to the correspondingdescriptiveandinferentialanalysis.throughtheSPSSversion27program.Results:59% qualified the public policyas moderately effective, for 23.1% it was notveryeffective,for7.7%itwasnoteffectiveatallandfor10.3%effective.Thepredominanttypeofviolencewaspsychologicalatamoderate(51.3%)andsevere(30.8%) level. There is no association between the preventive axis (p= 0.702) of publicpolicy and gender violence, while the axes of care (p= 0.006), protection (p= 0.036) andrecovery(p=0.006)ofpublicpolicyhadasignificantrelationshipwithgenderviolence.Conclusion:Thealternativehypothesiswasacceptedandthenullhypothesiswasrejected, establishing that, if there is a significant association (p=0.029 < p-value = 0.01)betweenpublicpolicy andgenderviolence,intheTumbesregion2023.