Abstract

CASTRO APREZA, Inés. PAIMEF: a care program for women victims of violence in Chiapas state. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2016, vol.11, n.21, pp.31-66. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2016.21.8.

This article analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the Program to Support Women’s Organizations in the States (Programa de Apoyo a las Instancias de Mujeres de las Entidades Federativas/PAIMEF), in Chiapas. It focuses on some of the issues faced by this care program for women victims of violence, which negatively affect the quality of its services, i.e., the weak institutional bond between PAIMEF and the authorities, or the role played by the Peace and Conciliation Courts and the fact that the professionals collaborating in the units located in indigenous municipalities lack knowledge of native languages. Despite this, users perceive and value symbolic gains such as the accompaniment of professionals, as well as the achievement of solutions to some of their demands.

Keywords : PAIMEF; attention to violence; gender violence; violence against indigenous women.

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