@article{ref1,
title="Country watch: Peru",
journal="Sexual health exchange",
year="1998",
author="Vargas Cuno, M.",
volume="",
number="1",
pages="9-9",
abstract="Estudio para la Defensa de Los Derechos de la Mujeri (DEMUA), a legal aid nongovernmental organization in Peru, organized a workshop to sensitize and train judges on sexual violence from a gender perspective and assess judges' perceptions of the problem. A total of 42 judges and seven staff members from the Judicial Control Office participated. Some participating judges maintained a formalistic approach to the law, which states sexual abuse is aggravated only if weapons were used and more than one perpetrator was involved and requires evidence of bodily harm for a rape charge, while others were less stringent about their interpretations. The latter group of judges tended to view sexual abuse as a crime that deprives victims of their liberty and harms their physical, sexual, and psychological health. 57% of participating judges indicated, at the end of the workshop, that the laws should be changed in terms of preventing and punishing sexual offenses and making marital rape a crime and wanted reassessment of the criteria for aggravated assault.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1388-3046",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}