Access justice for gender reason

Cases: Átala Riffo y girls vs. Chile and Valentina Rosendo Cantú and Inés Fernández Ortega vs. México

Abstract

Despite being in the 21st century and the great struggle of feminist groups to recognize the freedom to choose our gender expression, there are still criteria that have overlooked these Human Rights.

There are different types of violence suffered by women, one of them is that of the couple, but what happens when in the exercise of free will one is judged not only by the couple but by the judicial authority, a judicialized violence brought to court, to have to be judged on your sexual preference and orientation and even on your ethnic background.

This essay addresses a paradigm on the recognition of Human Rights in relation to sexual orientation, the exercise of freedom, equality and non-discrimination, as well as access to justice for indigenous women.

The case Atala Riffo and Girls vs. Chile where stereotypes are analyzed, prejudices that invade the personal life of Átala Riffo. Another case addressed in the present work is that of Valentina Rosendo Cantú who was raped by soldiers in a community in Guerrero, as a result of which she was expelled from her community and abandoned by her husband as well as a tortuous path of violation of Human Rights