Anotaciones para la agenda del bicentenario: desigualdad y mujer

In recent years, expressions of gender violence have transcended, in some cases, the limits of human insensitivity and intolerance through mistreatment, humiliations, exclusions and even murders. This violence is caused by a cultural bias which supports and stands out the dominant hierarchy. That is to say, it establishes cultural, social and juridical rules that impose authoritarian patterns. Moreover, it sets up stereotypes and ideas to follow in a society. Consequently, the configuration and diffusion of stereotypes, the assignment of roles and functions, among other things, generate inequalities, prejudices, and discriminatory and violent behaviors. This article aims to give a report on the origin and evolution of gender violence, provide information about the situation of this specific violence in Peru, and describe its consequences through a descriptive methodology found in original articles of the United Nations, the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Vulnerable Populations, and the Manuela Ramos Movement.