EVALUATION OF ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR RURAL WOMEN IN TEXCOCO, FROM A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE
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https://doi.org/10.63121/t09hev53Keywords:
Gender, Institutional Violence, Participatory Evaluation, Intersectionality, Revictimization.Abstract
This article presents a qualitative evaluation of the institutional performance of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office of Texcoco, State of Mexico, in relation to access to justice for rural women who are victims of violence. The research began with the recognition that, despite legal advances in human rights and gender in Mexico, a significant gap persists between the normative framework and its implementation, thus limiting the exercise of rights for rural women who are victims of violence. The study seeks to make visible how structural inequalities related to gender, territory, and class translate into discriminatory, ineffective, or exclusionary institutional practices. From a feminist and intersectional approach, semi-structured and in-depth interviews were conducted with 17 key informants (forensic specialists of the judicial branch, public defenders, lawyers, legal advisors, police officers, members of feminist collectives, and women who are victims of violence). The evaluative criteria used include accessibility, effectiveness, equity, relevance, and the application of a gender perspective. The results show low levels of effectiveness, practices of revictimization, systematic impunity, and a lack of culturally relevant protocols, preventing the existence of an effective or equitable justice system. Despite certain achievements, such as the presence of public defenders and the partial application of protocols, access to justice remains limited for rural women who are victims of violence. The evaluation made it possible to identify critical areas for institutional improvement, including the creation of monitoring systems, the development of differentiated indicators, and the incorporation of participatory evaluations.
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