Towards the definition of violence in couple relationships as a public health problem in Medellín at the beginning of the 21st century

Abstract

Intimate partner Violence is a public health problem, founded in the cultural gender constructions. The methodological development of this doctoral thesis is qualitative; it is based on social representation theory, it is articulated with the discursive history, and critical discourse studies. In a complex historical process, the women’s movement in the Medellín city, in Colombia, managed to position intimate partner violence as a social problem in the public domain, in a political environment of confrontation of social representations, among tradition, transition and change. Thus, this violence is configured as avoidable, through the committed and articulated deployment of a set of scientific, political and social initiatives.

Keywords

• violencia de pareja
• violencia por pareja íntima
• violencia conyugal
• violencia contra la mujer
• representaciones sociales
• movimiento feminista
• problema de salud pública