20235602(en)/8 - Violence Against Indigenous Women. Progress, Strategies and Challenges around this Problem from an Anthropological Approach
VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS WOMEN. PROGRESS, STRATEGIES AND CHALLENGES AROUND THIS PROBLEM FROM AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH
VIOLENCIAS CONTRA LAS MUJERES INDÍGENAS. AVANCES, ESTRATEGIAS Y DESAFÍOS EN TORNO A ESTA PROBLEMÁTICA DESDE UN ABORDAJE ANTROPOLÓGICO
Rocío Lencina y María Luz Endere
Within the framework of a historical situation of expanding rights, violence against indigenous women and girls has been recognized as a long-standing structural social problem for several decades. As part of this process, this issue has emerged as a significant topic on the agendas of social movements, international organizations, and many states within Western societies. In this paper, we analyze the main national and international regulations related to this issue. Secondly, we present a brief reconstruction and interpretation, from an anthropological perspective, of the experiences of migrant Mapuche women who currently live in a mid-sized city in the middle of the Buenos Aires Province (Argentina). Addressing the problem “from above” and “from below” allowed us to account for the tensions and complexity of these violent and conflict-ridden scenarios marked by gender, ethnic, and class inequalities. We also discuss the strategies that the interviewed women have expressed and developed to face these challenges in their everyday realities.
