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While several programs have been developed to prevent dating violence, few have been evaluated. Likewise, few studies have documented adolescents' viewpoints on how prevention should be done. The current qualitative study seeks to strategically fill a gap in knowledge regarding the points of view of Chilean adolescents about the strategies that are best suited to prevent this problem and what is relevant content for prevention programs. This paper is part of a broader study on adolescents' social representations of dating violence. The study's aim was to explore Chilean adolescents' points of view about asking for help and their suggestions about how to prevent dating violence. The sample included 48 Chilean adolescents, 26 girls (54.1%) and 22 boys (45.8%) between 14 and 18 years old, recruited from public and private schools, who were interviewed with a focus group method. The study consisted of two phases; the results of the second phase are discussed in this manuscript. The results are useful for the development of an appropriate socio-political response to this social and public health problem. Participants identified friends and parents as more common sources from whom to seek help than teachers and health professionals. The severity of dating violence and ensuing injuries are the main reasons for asking for help. In addition, gender is considered a central prevention issue in a changing Chilean cultural context. According to the ecological systems theory, prevention strategies based on the environment of adolescents at multiple levels (individual, interpersonal, community, and social) and in multiple components have been recommended.

This work aims to defend the inclusion of the gender perspective as a tool that favors the legal protection of rights for women and LGBTIQ+ people. We uphold the idea that the access to justice must be understood as an essential human right in a democratic state. So, it is relevant to remove obstacles affecting these categories of people in line with the international human rights standards. In this context, based on the Chilean case, we endorse the idea that, within the jurisdictional function, the gender perspective contributes to a more effective protection of rights., Este trabajo tiene por objetivo defender la incorporación de la perspectiva de género como una estrategia que favorece el logro de la tutela judicial efectiva para mujeres y personas LGBTIQ+. Afirmamos que el acceso a la justicia debe ser comprendido como un derecho humano indispensable en un Estado democrático, debiendo cuidar la remoción de los obstáculos que afectan especialmente a estas categorías de personas, como lo han indicado estándares internacionales de derechos humanos. En ese contexto, a partir del caso chileno, sostenemos que la perspectiva de género es una herramienta que, llevada al ejercicio de la función jurisdiccional, contribuye a hacer efectiva la tutela judicial.