Country | Uruguay |
Year | 2017 |
Type of Measure | Violence against women > Legislation |
Form of Violence | Violence against women and girls |
The Law No. 19,580 aims to guarantee the right of all women to a life free of gender-based violence, regardless of their age, sexual orientation or gender identity (which includes transgender women), their socio-economic status, their territorial belonging, their beliefs, their racial and ethnic cultural origin or their disability situation. For this, mechanisms, measures and comprehensive prevention, care, protection, sanction and reparation policies are established.