The thing is,” she explains, “in political terms, most of the tools we need to combat violence already exist. But they’re not used properly. There’s Law 26,485, which is a very progressive law for eradicating violence against women. But these tools aren’t used, for various reasons – laziness, neglect, a lack of political will.”
Law 26,485, enacted in 2009, lays out a National Action Plan for the Prevention, Aid, and Eradication of violence against women, theoretically guaranteeing a comprehensive list of great things like free legal aid for women who are victims of domestic violence, better training for legal and educational authorities and the collection of data. In practice, however, things are more complicated than writing a law.