{"id":11856,"date":"2024-03-26T09:33:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T17:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/?p=11856"},"modified":"2024-03-26T09:33:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T17:33:44","slug":"helping-and-guiding-survivors-of-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/culture\/helping-and-guiding-survivors-of-violence\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Helping and Guiding Survivors of Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY EMMA G\u00d3MEZ<\/p>\n

TRANSLATED BYMAYA GREENBERG<\/p>\n

We as women have all suffered some kind of violence in one way or another; physical, psychological, economical, and more. As a society, we have normalized these types of actions, as reporting the violence is not always an option; this shows us that if women are being abused, they view it as something that they cannot change. Some of the factors impeding them from filing a report are the bureaucracy of investigations, and the lack of knowledge, counsel, and guidance when it comes to follow-ups for reports. The list of why not\u2019s that we could mention is endless. Meanwhile, those who do turn to authorities have to wait out a long process that rather than bringing them peace, gives them the uncertainty of not knowing whether the perpetrator will be arrested.<\/p>\n

Throughout the country and in various regions are nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and institutions like the Centros de apoyo integral para mujeres sobrevivientes de violencia, or CAIMUS (integral support centers for female survivors of violence), which are dedicated to defending and advocating for women\u2019s rights. And this is the work carried out by the Ixoq Chajib\u2019al Ja Women\u2019s Home Associaton, which promotes and helps make demands for the human rights of the Maya women in the Solal\u00e1 region, building a fairer, equitable society free from domestic violence .
\nIn this article, guided by the Women\u2019s Home, we address that same subject in order to inform and train women on the prevention of violence, and the journey towards filing a report.<\/p>\n

Andrea Morales, from the Women\u2019s Home, explains to us how violence and discrimination affect the lives of women, including indigenous women, on both the individual and collective level. Individually, violence and discrimination generate physical and emotionalconditions in the women affected that make it impossible for them to make decisions.<\/p>\n

Psychologically, they continue losing the strength and energy to handle the situation, and over time, they normalize the violence, exposing themselves to all kinds of aggressions, which on a physical level, compromise their health.<\/p>\n

Indigenous women suffer the most violation of their rights. As as our discriminatory society denies them the opportunity to improve their life and exercise their rights, they lack institutions that can provide them with care in their mother tongue, and that respect thier beliefs and conditions.
\nOn the collective level, in rural communities, the belief still persists that women must care for the home; because of this, neither their families nor their community organizations give them space to participate or make decisions. Since childhood, they were inculcated to think that they should not be involved in decision-making spacies, leading them to fear doing so. For this reason, the majority of communitary authorities are composed only of men. This is a pattern that repeats in various places and communities.<\/p>\n

Faced with these situations, we must make efforts towards significant and progressive change. Among the actions or changes that we should make as a society to reduce or completely avoid these calamities is the creation of public policies, from the municipalities, that generate wellbeing and security among the women of the community, while carrying out projects with key themes to support women in empowering themselves to escape a violent situation, Morales explains.<\/p>\n

Within the communities, we must forge and create spaces of direct assistance to women, which should prioritize the women\u2019s basic necessities and empower them to have an impact on the decision-making in their community. But this must be done from the women\u2019s hearts, and we must listen to them, she argues.<\/p>\n

What important achievements can we highlight from the community and its organizational work and events that they plan with the organization? Faced with this quesion, Andrea responds that the work completed with the human-rights defenders who guide abused women from the farthest communities, and who coordinate follow-up cases, is already an achievement. Women\u2019s lives are impacted by the economic empowerment they gain through the courses they are taught, allowing them to start a business that provides them with economic income and their own independence. Still, everything is a process and change of mentality.<\/p>\n

Servicio y atenci\u00f3n<\/strong><\/p>\n

La atenci\u00f3n diferenciada a v\u00edctimas permite identificar y trabajar un abordaje adecuado al tipo de poblaci\u00f3n que lo requiere, teniendo en cuenta que cada etapa del desarrollo del ser humano tiene su particularidad.<\/p>\n

Entre las buenas pr\u00e1cticas que desde las organizaciones se est\u00e1n realizando est\u00e1 la coordinaci\u00f3n interinstitucional para la derivaci\u00f3n de casos a nivel departamental. A trav\u00e9s de ello se logra acceder a comunidades alejadas para brindarles un mejor acompa\u00f1amiento a sus procesos y atenci\u00f3n en el lugar de origen para minimizar gastos econ\u00f3micos.<\/p>\n

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Adem\u00e1s, se promueven los servicios que las organizaciones prestan en favor de las mujeres a trav\u00e9s de campa\u00f1as de divulgaci\u00f3n, asistencia a programas radiales, entrega de afiches, coordinaci\u00f3n de actividades conmemorativas. Esta es una forma de visibilizar las acciones y divulgar las actividades.
\nLa coordinaci\u00f3n entre instituciones tambi\u00e9n contribuye a sufragar las necesidades b\u00e1sicas de las mujeres cuando les corresponde realizar diligencias de sus procesos, sobre todo si pertenecen a lugares muy alejados, en situaciones precarias o si est\u00e1n acompa\u00f1ados de ni\u00f1os o ni\u00f1as.<\/p>\n

Asimismo, en el marco del D\u00eda de la Mujer, se han hecho demandas puntuales para el Estado, en especial sobre la Ley de la Mujer. Que el estado cumpla con sus obligaciones ratificadas en las leyes que nos amparan, garantizando una atenci\u00f3n justa, equitativa e incluyente hacia las mujeres. Que exista m\u00e1s intercambios de experiencia en cuanto a abordajes desde las leyes ancestrales, reconociendo la diversidad cultural que existe en nuestro departamento.<\/p>\n

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De igual manera, el 8 de marzo se hizo un foro sobre \u201cParticipaci\u00f3n ciudadana y pol\u00edtica\u201d e \u201cIgualdad de derechos\u201d, con el objetivo de que las participantes conocieran sobre el acceso a oportunidades equitativas y el respeto de las identidades culturales de las mujeres, promoviendo su participaci\u00f3n plena y activa en los \u00e1mbitos econ\u00f3micos, pol\u00edtico, social y cultural.<\/p>\n

Cambio social<\/strong><\/p>\n

La Casa de la Mujer de Solol\u00e1 \u201cIxoq Chajib\u2019al Ja\u201d y la Mancomunidad Tzolojya trabajan con el Instituto Nacional de Educaci\u00f3n B\u00e1sica de San Jos\u00e9 Chacay\u00e1, en la promoci\u00f3n de los derechos humanos de las mujeres y la erradicaci\u00f3n de la violencia machista. Tienen un enfoque l\u00fadico y creativo y han creado un espacio donde 60 estudiantes de nivel medio se han convertido en agentes conscientes y comprometidos en la transformaci\u00f3n de sus mentalidades.
\nA trav\u00e9s de la creaci\u00f3n de un fanzine, los participantes han plasmado los conocimientos adquiridos en los procesos. Tambi\u00e9n se promueve la creatividad con \u201cmomentos creativos\u201d. Se crearon seis estaciones: pintura, m\u00fasica, escritura, danza, declamaci\u00f3n y teatro. Los estudiantes eligieron de manera voluntaria participar y dieron vida a impresionantes puestas en escena y obras de arte. Su objetivo: concientizar sobre el machismo, el ciclo de la violencia y c\u00f3mo se manifiesta en las relaciones de pareja.<\/p>\n

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Los resultados son asombrosos. Los j\u00f3venes eligieron cuatro de las seis estaciones y sus creaciones son testimonios vivos de su compromiso con la causa. Cada trazo, cada nota, cada palabra y cada movimiento son un paso m\u00e1s hacia una cultura de respeto y paz, especialmente hacia las mujeres. Estos talleres l\u00fadicos est\u00e1n teniendo como objetivo la formaci\u00f3n de sujetos conscientes y comprometidos. Este es solo el comienzo de un viaje transformador.
\nTodas las acciones son positivas para seguir promoviendo la equidad de g\u00e9nero. Las mentalidades deben ir cambiando progresivamente y con peque\u00f1as acciones para hacer grandes cambios.
\nMorales finaliza motivando a las mujeres: \u201cDebemos romper el silencio y ser protagonistas activas de nuestra propia historia, entendiendo que nuestro silencio contribuye a continuar con la violencia\u201d.<\/p>\n

Este art\u00edculo se produce gracias al apoyo de la asociaci\u00f3n La Agencia Vasca de Cooperaci\u00f3n y la asociaci\u00f3n Entreamigos-Lagun Artean que promueve los derechos humanos de las mujeres en regiones de Guatemala y en el Pa\u00eds Vasco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BY EMMA G\u00d3MEZ TRANSLATED BYMAYA GREENBERG We as women have all suffered some kind of violence in one way or another; physical, psychological, economical, and more. As a society, we have normalized these types of actions, as reporting the violence is not always an option; this shows us that if women are being abused, they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[409,453,424,422],"tags":[964,969,877,858,4639,4640,922,1158,1157,734,1044],"class_list":["post-11856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-frontpage-en","category-politics","category-women","tag-communities","tag-discrimination","tag-girls","tag-health","tag-mother-tongue","tag-social-change","tag-survivors","tag-violence","tag-violencia","tag-women","tag-young-people"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/260024687_244522054441287_6768641656093030982_n.jpg?fit=2048%2C922&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7ljt7-35e","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12063,"url":"https:\/\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/uncategorized\/they-advise-and-accompany-survivors-of-violence\/?lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":11856,"position":0},"title":"They advise and accompany survivors of violence","author":"EntreMundos","date":"16 mayo, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"BY EMMA G\u00d3MEZ TRANSLATED BY MAYA GREENBERG Starting from the year 2020, the Mancomunidad Tzolojya in Solol\u00e1, realizes work efforts related to the rights of women, citizen participation, suppression of violence and healing processes; promoting the legacy of the ancestral techniques and practices of the fabric as a tool for\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abCommunity Action\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Community Action","link":"https:\/\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/category\/politics\/community-action-en-2\/?lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_0193.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12756,"url":"https:\/\/www.entremundos.org\/revista\/uncategorized\/obligadas-a-renunciar-a-sus-suenos-violencia-sexual-contra-ninas-en-guatemala\/?lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":11856,"position":1},"title":"Forced to Give Up on Their Dreams: Sexual Violence against Girls in Guatemala","author":"EntreMundos","date":"24 marzo, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATC \/ TRANSLATED BY THOMAS LANG Over the years, the government of Guatemala has not met its obligation to girls who face early and forced pregnancies due to sexual violence. 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