Abstract

PEREYRA, Horacio  and  ESCOBA, Victoria. Actions by women against violence in agribusiness contexts in northwest Argentina. A study in Santiago del Estero. Acad. (Asunción) [online]. 2026, vol.13, n.1, e1493.  Epub May 29, 2026. ISSN 2414-8938.  https://doi.org/10.30545/academo.2026.n1.1493.

This study aims to analyze the actions undertaken by rural women belonging to the Unión de Trabajadores/as de la Tierra in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina, against the violence they suffer in agribusiness contexts. It reconstructs the context of the social organization's emergence and addresses the women's actions, the tensions between private life and social activism, and their capacity to build care networks. The theoretical contributions come from Latin American ecofeminism and Latin American feminist political ecology. The methodological approach is qualitative, combining a literature review with the use of secondary sources and on-site fieldwork through participant observation and semi-structured interviews conducted between 2019 and 2022. The study concludes that these organized women move beyond being victims of patriarchy to become key actors who weave care networks that empower their subjectivities. They also carry out training activities aimed at preventing such violence, where support in critical cases is essential, along with the development of productive and food-related activities.

Keywords : Women; resistance; gender violence; agribusiness.

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