Article

"But the Law Won't Help Us": Challenges of Mobilizing Law 348 to Address Violence Against Women in Bolivia

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Rogers A (2020) "But the Law Won't Help Us": Challenges of Mobilizing Law 348 to Address Violence Against Women in Bolivia. Violence Against Women, 26 (12-13), pp. 1471-1492. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801219870613

Abstract
Drawing on findings of an original 12-month ethnographic study, this article presents the challenges that Bolivian women face in accessing a new law that has been designed to protect them, Law 348 to “Guarantee Women a Life Free from Violence.” Data reveal that while the law creates opportunities for the (re)conceptualization of violence, mobilizing the law is fraught with difficulties and a culture of impunity prevails. The challenges of implementation are both nationally and internationally significant as other countries seek to enact similar legal strategies. In Bolivia, this article suggests, civil society organizations and women’s voices are central to the full realization of the law.

Keywords
Bolivia; women; law

Journal
Violence Against Women: Volume 26, Issue 12-13

StatusPublished
FundersEconomic and Social Research Council
Publication date31/10/2020
Publication date online19/09/2019
Date accepted by journal19/09/2019
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/34281
PublisherSAGE Publications
ISSN1077-8012
eISSN1552-8448

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Dr Ashley Rogers

Dr Ashley Rogers

Lecturer in Criminology, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology