Violencia de pareja contra las mujeres en México: una mirada a la atención del sector salud desde una perspectiva interseccional

摘要

In Mexico, violence against women is a social pandemic.Most of this violence is generated in the home, usually at the hands of their partners.The range of actions that the government, and society in general, can implement to attend this problem is ample; particularly the health sector performance in this work is crucial.Given the persistence of this problem, the analysis of how the health sector has responded to it is essential for designing more effective public policies.The aim of this paper is to analyze the differences in the public health response to women victims of violence in Mexico, from an intersectional perspective.To do this, this quantitative analysis is based on data ENDIREH 2011.The results show that serious problems of attention to battered women in the health sector persist.These problems are widespread among different groups of women; no substantial differences prevail among indigenous women or those living in poverty.These results warn of implications of the health sector deficiencies on the wellbeing of women affected by domestic violence.