Intersectional Borders in Argentina: Migration, Inequalities and Judicial Colonialism

• Autores: Magliano, María José; Ferreccio, Vanina
• Año de publicación: 2019
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: parte de libro
• Materia: Intersectionality; Women migration; Colonialism; Judicial system
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Fil: Magliano, María José. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina.
Fil: Magliano, María José. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigación y Estudios de Cultura y Sociedad. Programa de Estudios Latinoamericanos de Antropología del Trabajo; Argentina.
Fil: Ferreccio, Vanina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral; Argentina.
The purpose of this chapter is to explore the challenges of intersectionality in the formulation of public policies in Argentina, and thus examine the colonialism ingrained within State structures in general and its judicial system in particular. To that end, this approach is based on the analysis of a legal process that condemned Reina Maraz Bejarano to life sentence in 2014. She is a migrant Bolivian woman, indigenous (Quechua-speaker who does not understand Spanish), poor and a victim of violence, who spent almost two years in jail accused of murdering her husband, also Bolivian, without comprehending the legal process by which she had been detained. This case, which embodies different intersections of social inequalities affecting a woman´s life, reveals the absence of public policies in Argentina oriented to respond to these intersections. The intention of this chapter is not to determine whether Reina is innocent or guilty, but to enrich the discussion about the importance of including an intersectional perspective in the State sphere and in public policy-making processes in order to consider -and provide answers to- the many situations of inequality and oppression people face during their lives, which affect their experiences and their access to Justice.
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Fil: Magliano, María José. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina.
Fil: Magliano, María José. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigación y Estudios de Cultura y Sociedad. Programa de Estudios Latinoamericanos de Antropología del Trabajo; Argentina.
Fil: Ferreccio, Vanina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral; Argentina.
Tópicos Sociales (estudios de género, estudios de familia, trabajo social, etc.)