Evolution of constitutional regulations, a look at the transformation of women’s rights in Ecuador

Abstract

Taking as a starting point a broad vision of the Ecuadorian normative reality and its transformation, articulated as a response to social demand and the situation of the development of human rights in the world order, the purpose of this work is to approach the Ecuadorian constitutional evolution to verify the advances in women’s rights.

For this purpose, the historical evolution of the fundamental rights of women is addressed in the constitutional norms enacted in the history of Ecuador, where the Gender Analysis Methodology was applied to the legal phenomenon in order to determine the existence or not of sexism in the legal statements.

Among the findings, it can be noted that the evolution denotes the nonexistence of rights and mere enunciation of principles in the first periods; later, at an intermediate level, some rights are progressively contemplated, which, however, are established in a sexist manner. For the most recent period, the evolution denotes a clear normative breadth with no traces of sexism.

In short, the transformation of constitutional regulations regarding fundamental rights of women is evident. This as a result of the needs demanded by society, the scope of important demands of groups, and the clear regulatory openness to change created through a political disposition increasingly in force.