Impactos normativos y mediáticos de los casos de agresiones con ácido a mujeres en España y Colombia: 2010-2017

This document presents the results of the research: Comparative study of the normative and media impacts of acid aggressions on surviving women in Spain and Colombia, which aimed to address the situation of these aggressions in order to answer the question on how the news treatment of the subject has been in the two countries and its influence on the structuring and strengthening of legal systems. In this way, from the implementation of a qualitative research methodology, a normative and documentary review was carried out that allowed the selection of two paradigmatic cases, in the two countries, from which it was possible to identify impacts of the media sphere in life scenarios and public agenda, such as: the positive influence of communicative practices in the normative and jurisprudential development of States, their impact on judicial decisions, the regulation of the commercialization of chemical substances and the visibility of civil organizations which, led mostly by survivors, seek the guarantee of their rights. Finally, this paper presents some conclusions that highlight the importance of the recognition of the influence of the media sphere in the treatment of aggressions with acids in scenarios that result in the re-victimization of this population, victim of a problem that currently transcends Borders and the female gender.