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Factsheet “Unique Stories. Tell us yours.”
In less than four months, almost 11.000 letters were received through 142 workshops, the website and 500 mailboxes placed throughout the country. In reaction to the letters delivered, the Municipality of Quito focused more on women’s safety in public spaces. T...
Factsheet “Smartphones become lifesavers through the Junt@s app”
The application Junt@s created together with Ecuador's National Telecommunications Corporation CNT-EP is a tool aimed mainly at women who suffer from gender violence. It is also addressed to the general public, as well as to anyone who detects a possible situa...
Executive Summary “The business costs of violence against women in Ecuador“
Violence against women is one of the most serious and widespread violations of human rights and a chronic social problem that creates harmful effects at all levels. In Ecuador, 6 out of 10 women have experienced some type of gender violence (INEC 2011). As it ...
Infographic “The business costs of violence against women in Ecuador“
Infographic on the business costs of violence against women in Ecuador. Download (2021, pdf, 477 KB) View in Spanish
Executive Summary “The individual, domestic and community costs of violence against women in Ecuador”
In Ecuador, according to the Encuesta Nacional de Relaciones Familiares y Violencia de Género contra las Mujeres1 (National Survey on Family Relations and Gender-Based Violence against Women), approximately 65 out of every 100 women are psychologically, econom...
Executive summary: “The Invisible Costs of Violence against Women for Ecuadorian Micro-enterprises”
50% of small business owners have experienced violence by their partners. This fact not only negatively affects the profitability and productivity of their businesses, but also puts their existence at risk. The publication helps both private and public sector ...
Infographic “The individual, domestic and community costs of violence against women in Ecuador”
Infographic on the individual, domestic and community costs of violence against women in Ecuador Download (2021, pdf, 530 KB) View in Spanish
Infographic “The cost of violence against women for micro-enterprises in Ecuador“
Infographic on the cost of violence against women for micro-enterprises in Ecuador Download (2021, pdf, 1.6 MB) View in Spanish
Executive Summary “The direct governmental costs of violence against women in Ecuador”
A key element in making violence against women visible in all its forms and spheres of occurrence is the generation of statistical information, which makes it possible to quantify, characterize, and measure this social problem. The collaboration established b...
Infographic “The direct governmental costs of violence against women in Ecuador”
Infographic of the direct governmental costs of violence against women in Ecuador Download (2021, pdf, 503 KB) View in Spanish
Study “The country costs of violence against women in Ecuador”
This study is the second of its kind to be carried out in Latin America, its only precedent being a similar study carried out in 2017 by the Regional Program to Combat Violence against Women in Latin America (Programa Regional Combatir la Violencia contra las ...
Infographic “The country costs of violence against women in Ecuador“
Infographic on the country costs of violence against women in Ecuador Download (2021, pdf, 498 KB) View in Spanish
Factsheet “Women flourish without violence. Prevention of gender-based violence within the flower industry”
Following a diagnosis that 56% of women working in the flower sector in Ecuador admit to having experienced violence, a gender-based violence prevention program was developed, involving 1,300 people and 18 farms in the south and north of Quito. In 2012, Expofl...
Ecuador: Video “In your own handwriting”
“In your own handwriting, dialogues in the ring” was a large-scale collective artistic intervention project in the public space, under the artistic direction of Suzanne Lacy and built in collaboration with a number of institutions, organizations and social col...
Factsheet “Raising awareness of violence against Afro-Ecuadorian women”
Summary of a process of 20 facilitators who elaborated a diagnosis of the situation of Afro-Ecuadorian women in 52 communities in the Chota Valley, in the provinces of Imbabura and Carchi. The research was also carried out with Afro-Ecuadorian women in Quito a...
From Evidence to Prevention. How to Prevent Violence against Women in Ecuadorian Universities - Executive Summary
Ecuadorian universities assume USD 68,833,079 in indirect costs (for students and teachers) per year, as a result of violence of partners and other members of the university community. This amount is translated into 3,664,409 lost days for 252,429 students and...
Inforgraphic: Eyes that do not see. From evidence to prevention. How to prevent violence against women in Ecuadorian universities.
Infographic of the study, "Eyes that do not see. From evidence to prevention. How to prevent violence against women in Ecuadorian universities." Download (2023, pdf, 4,5 MB) View in Spanish
National study: From Evidence to Prevention. How to Prevent VAW in Ecuadorian Universities - Video
Universities in Ecuador assume USD 68,833,079 in indirect costs (of students and teachers) per year, as a result of violence against women from partners and other members of the university community. This amount translates to 3,664,409 lost days for 252,429 ...