In Peruvian indigenous villages, the seeds of gender equality are being spread, in an effort to transform traditional practices that perpetuated domestic violence and child abuse in Amazonian indigenous communities.
Traditional practices, geographic isolation and the absence of public authorities created conditions that favored domestic violence and child abuse in these communities.
Peruvian Amazonian indigenous communities have been identified as fertile ground for these problems due to the combination of cultural, geographic and governance factors.
The article addresses the struggle of these communities to implement changes that promote gender equality and protect women and children from the abuses that have historically affected these populations.
