Classification of violence forms in Ecuadorian legislation

Abstract

The purpose was to analyses the classification of forms of violence against women in Ecuadorian legislation, adopting the interpretative paradigm, as this is the appropriate one on which to base the work. Instrumental strategies were used, such as observation of the researcher, experiences, hermeneutic and dialectic language, with personal writing and narrative. The theoretical perspective assumed in this analysis is legal hermeneutics. Finally, the researcher maintains that Ecuadorian legislation does not contain an adequate definition of the forms of violence; on the contrary, it is out of harmony and out of step with the region's regulatory framework in this area.