Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Women in Chile
● Household
○ Size, density, history of violence
● Community and Societal
○ Media, socioeconomic status, crime rate,
environmental conditions
● Individual
○ Gender, age, educational level, employment
● Psychological
○ “Not something serious and I did not consider it
necessary".
● Physical violence
○ "Fear"
● Sexual violence
○ "The shame"
● Most common response
○ “Things improved”
Potential Solutions
● Purpose:
○ Create a response that promotes
the right to a free violence network
for women
○ Coordinate the State, civil society
and international organizations to
advance in the eradication of
violence against women
Currently Available Programs and Services
Ceballo, Rosario. “Domestic Violence and Women's Mental Health in Chile.” Journals, SAGE, 1
Dec. 2004.
Kim, Huiyun, et al. “The Association of Neighborhood Characteristics and Domestic Violence in
Santiago, Chile.” Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, Springer
US, Feb. 2013, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3579306/.
United Nations, Larrain, Soledad. “Country Assessment on VAW Chile.” Country Assessment on
VAW Chile.