- What is the difference between abuse, violence, mistreatment, or harassment?
- How can we explain violence between same-sex couples or violence from women towards men?
- What are the early signs that should put me on guard or make me stay away from that person?
- What should I do if I think I am being physically and psychologically abused?
- Does the system protect abused women? I'm worried about being left destitute, about losing custody of my children.
- How does gender-based violence, abuse, and mistreatment affect women's mental health?
- Can a woman who is going through or has gone through this situation recover emotionally?
- Is there any prevention training for women, to learn how to detect the signs?
- What are the protective factors against gender-based violence, with children and adolescents in mind?
- Is the lack of shared responsibility from one of the parents or guardians a risk factor for children?
- What can men do to prevent our daughters from suffering situations of violence and sexism?
- We know of a case of a woman who is being abused, and her children are being raised in an environment of violence. What can we do?
- Do sons and daughters reproduce patterns of gender-based violence in the future when they grow up in a home where this happens?
- How can we help a man who perpetrates gender-based violence to break out of this pattern of behavior?
- Why do women with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience more gender-based violence? We have difficulty interpreting the other person's intentions, and our condition is not taken into account in court (their nonverbal language doesn't match their account). What can we do?
- Could you provide a checklist to keep in mind for the proactive detection of gender-based violence? Professionals have 10 minutes to visit women in person during primary care consultations.
- What can health professionals, social workers, and teachers do to better train themselves in this field and be able to detect and prevent it?
Does the system protect abused women? I'm worried about being left destitute, about losing custody of my children.
Resources and services are allocated by different public administrations (state, regional and local) with the aim of providing women with the necessary support and facilitating access to these resources, thus contributing to better care.
The available support resources address the diverse needs that a woman victim of gender violence may have: specialized information, emergency accommodation resources, psychological care, legal guidance and advice, financial benefits, etc.
The trend is to increase resources allocated to equality policies to offer women options to escape situations of gender-based violence to which they and their children are subjected. Resources exist to help women leave such situations; however, they do not exist for those who choose to remain with their abuser. We cannot protect her while she is in her home and unaware of the situation.
In these situations, the woman must be aware that she is not only exposing herself to physical and psychological risk, but also her children. This is why child protection services find themselves in the position of having to intervene and address the situation. However, it is important to emphasize that such intervention only occurs in situations where the abuse and risk are severe and the mother, for whatever reason, is unable to stop it.
We must dispel the misconception that if child welfare services become aware of a situation of violence, the children are immediately removed. Each case has its own unique circumstances and specific characteristics, which the team of professionals studies and monitors closely, ultimately working with the woman to develop a plan that allows her and her children to live safely.
