Violence Against Women and the Role of Penal Law: An Analysis of Latin American Penal Codes and a Proposal to Empower Women

Women have long been victims of inequality and discrimination, simply due to "being women"--and there is an urgent need to eliminate macho or chauvinistic violence towards them. Violence against women is perverse and intolerable--not only as an instrument of oppression and a creator of inequality, but also as an obstacle to women's empowerment. Feminist movements have been fundamental in shining a light on this insidious violence--hidden and tolerated socially for centuries--and have demand...