Resumen

BOWEN MANZUR, Consuelo María. Hermeneutic epistemic injustice towards women-victims of sexual and physical violence in Ecuador's justice administration system. E&c [online]. 2025, vol.1, n.20, pp.83-100. ISSN 2477-9245.  https://doi.org/10.37228/estado_comunes.v1.n20.2025.368.

Within the justice system, asymmetrical power relations make the testimonies of women/victims of harassment and sexual and domestic violence appear unconvincing to courts and judges. Based on an analysis of an action for protection and two court rulings, this article reveals a framework of epistemic (contextual) and hermeneutic (interpretative) injustice. The testimonies of the victims of gender-based violence were listened to with scepticism and were not understood. The rulings reveal three common elements that run through Ecuador’s justice system: 1) despite the facts of violence and the proven involvement of the aggressors, the interpretation is inadequate, and the harm caused to the victim is not confronted; 2) the application of the law favours men over women; 3) in the courts, the understanding of the harm to the victim is often not approached from a gender-based violence perspective.

Palabras clave : sexual and domestic harassment; feminist epistemology; hermeneutic epistemic injustice; Paola Guzmán vs Ecuador; gender violence..

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