BackgroundViolence against women is internationally recognized as a social phenomenon representing a public health and a human rights problem. Partner abuse is its most common form and it affects the victim's physical and mental health in the short-and long-term. ObjectiveTo analyze partner abuse in women from the general population based on a comparative study with women from Mexico and Spain. Another goal was to study the impact of this type of abuse on women's mental health and the relevance of socio-cultural risk factors. MethodTransversal study with 101 Mexican women and 101 Spaniard women from the general population evaluated in seven psychological tests on partner abuse, mental health, self-esteem, social support and attitudes towards gender roles. ResultsMost Mexican women and more than half of the Spaniards suffered abuse from their partners. Psychological maltreatment was the most frequent form of abuse. This was associated with worst mental health, less social support and more traditional attitudes towards gender roles. Discussion and conclusionThe results of this study indicate that partner abuse, especially psychological is a common problem among women from the general population, coinciding with reports related to its prevalence in both countries, and it seems to be influenced by socio-cultural patterns. Partner abuse, especially psychological, is a threat for women's mental health that needs to be attended focusing on the socio-cultural risk factors underlying it.

El Centro para el Desarrollo Humano e Integral de los Universitarios –CEnDHIU– es la entidad de la Universidad  Veracruzana encargada de la “promoción de la salud y el fomento de entornos saludables” (Organización panamericana de la Salud, 1986). Mediante acciones de educación para la salud integral, servicios de salud mental, salud sexual, reproductiva, VIH, prevención de consumo de drogas lícitas e ilícitas, orientación psicopedagógica y atención personalizada a estudiantes viviendo con discapacidad. CEnDHIU contribuye a que la formación de los jóvenes no solo sea focalizada en lo técnico y profesional sino también con conciencia de la importancia de su propia salud, familia y comunidad para adquirir, durante su vida universitaria, estilos de vida saludable. Este trabajo muestra el modelo de promoción de salud implementado en esta entidad manteniendo actualizado el registro epidemiológico en estudiantes universitarios, así como sus principales resultadosPalabras clave: promoción; salud; estudiantes; universitarios; centinelas AbstractThe Center for the Human and Integral Development of University Students -CEnDHIU-, is the entity of the Universidad Veracruzana responsible for the "promotion of health and the promotion of healthy environments" (Pan-American Health Organization, 1986). Through education actions for integral health, mental health services, sexual and reproductive health, HIV, prevention of licit and illicit drug use, psychopedagogical guidance and personalized attention to students living with disabilities, CEnDHIU contributes to the formation of young people not only be focused on the technical and professional but also with awareness of the importance of their own health, family and community to acquire healthy lifestyles during their university life. This work shows the model of health promotion implemented in this entity, keeping the epidemiological record in university students updated, as well as its main resultsKeywords: promotion; health; students; university; sentinels

En este trabajo se analiza la implementación de un programa de prevención, atención y sanción del acoso y el hostigamiento sexual en la Universidad Veracruzana (UV), a partir de indagatorias realizadas entre las y los integrantes de la comunidad universitaria y a la luz de las teorías de género. Se enfatiza en la implicación de la autora en este proceso concebido como una praxis donde, si bien ha sido difícil mantener una distancia óptima frente a la problemática de la violencia de género, es precisamente a partir de la experiencia vivida como han surgido las propuestas para transformarla, inmersa en un contexto tan hostil como lo es el México actual y especialmente el Estado de Veracruz, donde los índices de violencia contra las mujeres y las altas tasas de feminicidio afectan directamente la vida de toda la población, incluidas estudiantes y trabajadoras de esta casa de estudios. Se postula que frente a la violencia ha de imponerse, necesariamente, el diálogo y la palabra generadora de sentido y, por ende, las y los distintos actores de la comunidad universitaria han de interactuar de manera colectiva para desmontar las estructuras jerárquicas, androcéntricas y de dominación masculina vigentes.

De acuerdo con la UNESCO, los tres pilares en la construcción colectiva de comunidades educativas inclusivas son la cultura, las políticas y las prácticas inclusivas, entendidas como procesos que responden a la diversidad de las necesidades de las y los estudiantes a través de la mayor participación en el aprendizaje y eliminando cualquier forma de discriminación y exclusión en la educación. En este libro se detallan los lineamientos institucionales requeridos para lograr una universidad incluyente, sustentados en las leyes internacionales, nacionales y estatales vigentes en materia de inclusión de estudiantes con discapacidad. A partir de la fundamentación teórica sobre educación inclusiva, se contemplan las acciones emprendidas por diversas instituciones nacionales de educación superior pertenecientes a la ANUIES, así como la implementación del plan de gobernanza y las estrategias psicopedagógicas y de accesibilidad en la Universidad Veracruzana.

Migration impacts family structure, affecting both those who leave and those who stay, forcing all to confront a process of change and accommodation as a result of new realities. However, people are able to develop different strategies, more or less effective, allowing them to maintain their family bonds as well as to develop new networks of solidarity among the members of their communities. This is true for both sides of the frontier particularly in the case of coffee growing areas of central Veracruz, in the southeastern part of Mexico, where men typically migrate leaving women in care of the children and their households, under the tutelage of their relatives.  The absence of men in their communities -- (e.g., their husband, brothers, etc.) allows women to experience new forms of autonomy derived from the necessity of doing tasks and playing roles which normally belong to men, even if they do so under the control and vigilance of the community.  Also, they become closer to other women who live in similar situations and learn from each other to relate and help themselves in this hard process that can last years. Community media, like Radio Teocelo of Veracruz, transmitting in the area since more than 40 years, has represented an important collective vehicle promoting community development. In association with this radio, a group of researchers and students of the Psychology Faculty at the University of Veracruz, have designed a special radio program called: Women Voices from migration: the other side of the coin, in air from March 2010 to March 2011, as an strategy to promote women’s development giving them a voice to share and learn from one another’s experiences around migration.