Abstract

ROMINA GOMEZ, Tamara Mariel. Comprehensive Protection Shelters: Gender-based Violence and the Dual State Response. Acad. (Asunción) [online]. 2026, vol.13, n.1, e1469.  Epub May 22, 2026. ISSN 2414-8938.  https://doi.org/10.30545/academo.2026.n1.1469.

This article is framed within a comparative research study of two Comprehensive Protection Shelters for women experiencing gender-based violence in the Buenos Aires suburbs during the 2016-2019 period. The general objective was to explore, through the assessments of the workers themselves, the potential and limiting aspects of these devices in supporting the transition out of violent situations. To this end, a qualitative approach based on a comparative case study was carried out, utilizing sixteen interviews with technical teams, operators, and assistants of the Comprehensive Protection Shelters, as well as key officials, as the primary technique. Specifically, this work analyzes the tasks assigned to the housed women and the working conditions of the teams. The findings demonstrate that, in both devices, interventions tend to reinforce sexist mandates and practices regarding women, thereby reproducing the sexual division of labor. Likewise, it is observed that the working conditions of the staff have a negative impact on the overall intervention. Based on the analysis, it can be concluded that the State needs to design and execute gender-oriented public policies aimed at building autonomous projects for women and guaranteeing care strategies for those who provide care.

Keywords : Care; Comprehensive Protection Shelters; Gender-based Violence; State; Work.

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