WHAT IS VIOLENCE?
DEFINITION
Violence against women is defined by the General Law on Women’s Access to a Life Free of Violence (LGAMVLV in Spanish) as any action or omission, based on their gender, that causes them psychological, physical, patrimonial, economic and/or sexual suffering or damage or death, even in the private or in the public spheres.
The Transversal Policies to Eradicate Violence for Gender Reasons recognize this violence as a social problem that requires comprehensive responses, because it perpetuates the subordinate position of women and their stereotyped roles.
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
It refers to the actions or omissions exercised against people based on their sex-gender, identity, or sexual orientation, which causes psychological, physical, patrimonial, economic, sexual damage or suffering or death.
Those violence actions that, through stereotyped patterns, messages, values, icons, or signs, transmit and reproduce domination, inequality and discrimination in social relations, naturalizing the subordination of women and members of the sexual diversity of the university community.
The Student Regulations consider acts against gender equality or access to a life free of violence as serious offenses: for example; hate speech or acts of discrimination that violate freedom, integrity, or human dignity; incite or exercise, by any means, physical, sexual, psychological violence, or any issue that violates human dignity caused by: sexism, sexual orientation, racism, classism, ableism, pregnancy or any form of prejudice or discrimination.
The Federal Labor Law establishes as a cause for termination, committing acts of harassment and sexual harassment against any person within the workplace. The modalities of violence can also constitute lack of probity.
