Percepciones de mujeres representantes estudiantiles sobre la violencia intragénero en el ámbito de la participación política en la Universidad de Cuenca en el periodo 2023-2024

Abstract

The intragender violence among women occurs due to negative and stereotyped relationships within gender contexts, which are characterized by invisibility due to a lack of research and little interest, especially in the political sphere. The study was conducted with the aim of analyzing the perceptions of female student representatives regarding intragender violence in the realm of political participation at the University of Cuenca during the period 2023-2024. The study methodology was developed with a qualitative and exploratory approach to understand the reality from the perspective of the subjects regarding the experienced violence, through the application of 14 semi-structured interviews. The collected data was processed based on the principles of Thematic Analysis in order to achieve proper organization through codes, categories, and formulation of themes. The results show the existence of intragender violence within the spaces of student representation at the University of Cuenca, mainly manifested verbally, symbolically, through media, and psychologically, generating emotional consequences for the victims, who lack a specific strategic route to address acts of violence among women. In conclusion, the perceptions about intragender violence of female student representatives are negative because it has been invisibilized due to the little relevance, knowledge, and awareness of the issue.