Gender-based violence in Latin America (Ecuador and Argentina): current state and challenges in the development of psychoeducational materials

Abstract Gender-based violence (GBV) is a complex social and public health problem, which represents human rights violation. Globally, GBV tends to occur in intimate partner relationships. Latin American countries report high rates of this violence. Despite their historical differences, Ecuador Argentina are among that aim dismantle patriarchy. Developing psychoeducation materials one way communities can recognize prevent GBV. Psycholinguistics provide useful tools facilitate learning about issue: prior studies suggest promoting the establishment discourse connections, generation emotion inferences emotional involvement comprehender written spoken comprehension. The commentary article present an overview current incidence Argentina, highlight contributions preliminary research on comprehension make prevention strategies. Finally, we will discuss possible guidelines future directions. We expect manuscript contribute highlighting importance awareness and, therefore, crucial role design implementation scientifically based interventions.