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Abstract

Violence against indigenous women and girls is intertwined with multiple forms of discrimination and structural inequality. Violations of the collective rights of indigenous peoples and nations constitute a form of inequality that differentially affects and impacts men, women, and non-binary gender identities especially in extractivist contexts. Understanding the right to health from an intersectional and intercultural perspective is still a pending task in the public policy arena in Argentina; This is a vitally relevant task if we seek to consolidate a democratic, egalitarian, just, and violence-free society. This article starts by understanding gender-based violence as a public health issue that requires an attentive approach to the specific demands and lived experiences of native women, as subjects of rights. A theoretical reflection work is proposed in dialogue with data constructed from in situ observation.