INFORMAL FORMAL MECHANISM TO EXHIBIT GENDER0 VIOLENCE AT THE AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF YUCATAN (UADY)

Abstract

This research aimed to characterize gender violence at the Autono- mous University of Yucatán (UADY) according to the mechanism used to display it. Complaints to the Protocol for the Prevention, At- tention and Punishment of Gender-Based Violence, Discrimination, Harassment, Sexual Harassment and Abuse (VGDHAAS Protocol) represented a formal mechanism, while the clotheslines of complaint represented an informal mechanism. It was a descriptive study with a non-experimental, crosssectional design and quantitative methodology. 15 complaints were registered in the VGDHAAS Protocol) from 2018 to 2023, and 748 complaints on clotheslines. The type of violence most exhibited was sexual violence, and students were the most frequently reported aggressors by both mechanisms. The limitations of the study are related to the documentary research, the data were generated prior to the beginning of the research. The ori- ginality lies in the systematization of gender violence according to the mechanism used to display it and its differentiation by campus. The results show that there is still much to do to guarantee women’s right to a life free of violence at university. Furthermore, it is highlighted that the complaint on a clothesline predominates compared to the complaint in the VGDHAAS Protocol, and that gender violence at the university reflects the trends observed in the state’s school environment. These findings have important implications for the im- plementation of actions to prevent, care for, and eradicate violence by the university.