Violencia de Género en América Lat ina y el Caribe: Desa fíos lega les para la protecc ión de las mujeres en esta do de vulnerabilidad

The article aims to analyze the problem of gender violence, emphasizing the Latin American and Caribbean context, considering the legal challenges involved in addressing this human problem. It highlights the complexity of this social pathology, which goes beyond physical aggression, but also includes sexual and psychological aggression, control, manipulation and other subtle forms of coercion and affecting the lives of women and girls. In this sense, the Latin American and Caribbean context, together with its structural problems, becomes a scenario that causes gender violence to proliferate, as a consequence of the widening of social gaps and inequalities throughout the region. However, legal responses and regulatory frameworks are presented as opportunities to prevent, punish and eradicate all forms of violence against women, being a constant challenge for the transformation of society. The method used is hermeneutic-documentary. It is concluded that the fight against gender violence is everyone's task, that it merits a comprehensive approach, that attacks the underlying causes of this problem through joint actions that lead to social change.