* Law degree with 21 years of experience in family law, civil law and women`s protection law. A graduate of the French-Mexican University of La Salle, she is currently Director of Family and Civil Litigation at the law firm Manzanero & Asociados. She defends women who must be legally represented. Worldwide, one in three women experiences violence at some point in her life. At the international level, there is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women or the Convention of Belém do Pará; In addition, various forums on gender equality and women`s rights are constantly being established. The country`s Supreme Court, for its part, has created a series of innovative criteria to combat such a terrible phenomenon as the isolated thesis with 2009084 registration number on women`s right to a life free from discrimination and violence. “The authorities are required to take comprehensive measures from a gender perspective in order to exercise due diligence in their actions”, which explicitly states that, and I quote, “the obligation of all authorities to act with due diligence acquires a particular connotation in cases of violence against women. In such cases, the obligation to conduct effective investigations has additional flexibility. In cases of violence against women, public authorities must take comprehensive measures from a gender perspective to comply with due diligence. The magnitude of these impacts, both on the lives of individuals and families and on society as a whole, is immense. The conditions created by the pandemic – lockdowns, reduced mobility, increasing isolation, stress and economic insecurity – have led to an alarming increase in violence in the private sphere, exposing women and girls to other forms of violence, from child marriage to online sexual harassment.
However, despite the efforts of national and international organizations to eradicate this terrible phenomenon, it has not been possible to progress, so it is important to identify the types of violence, and in the case of a victim, it is important to seek a support network that must include experienced lawyers in the field. so that, in turn, they use all the mechanisms that have been explicitly created and implemented to combat it, because it is essential that it be sanctioned. (a) General Act on Women`s Access to a Life Free from Violence. (c) Operating rules of the National System for the Prevention, Care, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women. Gender-based violence affects women simply because they are women. It is an attack on the integrity, dignity and freedom of women, regardless of the environment in which it takes place. It is the clearest manifestation of gender inequality and the most serious violation of human rights suffered by millions of women, girls and young women around the world, with serious physical, economic and psychological consequences, both short- and long-term, preventing them from participating fully and equally in society.