How to Cite:
De Corcho, O. J. P., Leyva, T. F., Calzadilla, S. C. G., Pino, V. D. E., & Alencastro, J. A. P.
(2022). In the Covid-19 pandemic, gender violence in some regions of Latin America.
International Journal of Health Sciences, 6(S1), 2311–2322.
https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6nS1.5250
International Journal of Health Sciences ISSN 2550-6978 E-ISSN 2550-696X © 2022.
Corresponding author: Osvaldo Jiménez Perez De Corcho; Email: osvaldo.jimenez@utm.edu.ec
Manuscript submitted: 27 Jan 2022, Manuscript revised: 18 Feb 2022, Accepted for publication: 9 March 2022
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In the Covid-19 Pandemic, Gender Violence in
Some Regions of Latin America
Osvaldo Jiménez Perez De Corcho
Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador
Email: osvaldo.jimenez@utm.edu.ec
Thalia Fuentes Leyva
Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador
Email: tfuentes6243@utm.edu.ec
Silvia Claribel González Calzadilla
Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador
Email: claribel.gonzalez@utm.edu.ec
Verónica Dayana Espinel Pino
Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador
Email: verónica.espinel@utm.edu.ec
Jhon Alexander Ponce Alencastro
Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador
Email: jhon.ponce@utm.edu.ec
Abstract---The objective of this research is to contextualize the violence faced
by women, children and older adults, a product of the confinement subjected
to humanity by the Covid-19 pandemic, where Latin American women, like
many globally, suffer from deaths. from your family and friends; also because
of the violence to which they are subjected in their homes, where they must
stay longer, making coexistence more difficult by worsening relationships and
increasing conflicts, fights, and altercations between couples, becoming a social
problem. A bibliographic review was carried out related to gender violence
during the confinement stage, in some Ibero-American countries; the
development of the text has a deductive and inductive approach to its
understanding. A reflection is made on the results related to female violence
and other evils that today affect humanity that slow down the objectives of
reaching a sustainable society, where women take their place in the
development of new generations and their protection to adults. older, because
while there is social isolation to reduce infections and deaths from Covid 19,
the conditions have been created to cultivate domestic violence.
Keywords-gender, abuse, rape, sexism.