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Approaches from Situated Intersectionality to the violence experienced by migrant women of African descent in the public space, Santiago de Chile

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No. 19 (2023): Junio
https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2023.71217

Abstract

Text argues the relevance of the Situated Intersectionality approach to address the experiences of street sexual harassment suffered by Afro-Latin American and Caribbean migrant women in the metropolitan area of Santiago, Chile. For this purpose, 15interviews with migrant women from Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, and Haiti, who reside in different communities of the metropolitan area were analysed. It is indicated that women's experiences are constantly stressed by violent situations, unequal, discriminatory, xenophobic, and racist treatment, where their bodies are exoticized and hypersexualized. The analysis reveals a differentiated and hierarchical treatment of migrants according to their country of origin. The conclusions point to the political character of situated intersectionality as a theoretical approach to read women's experiences, by showing how they act and resist discriminatory practices and gender violence naturalized in the public space.

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Situated intersectionality, Migrant women, Street sexual harassment

Author Biography

Vania Reyes Muñoz, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Geógrafa y candidata a Doctora en Arquitectura y Estudios Urbanos por la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, patrocinada por CONICYT/ANID 2019-2023 y COES (Centre for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies, ANID/FONDAP 15130009). Encargada de Comunicaciones de la Asociación de Geógrafas Feministas de Chile. El texto es parte de la investigación doctoral de la autora.

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Reyes Muñoz, V. . (2023). Approaches from Situated Intersectionality to the violence experienced by migrant women of African descent in the public space, Santiago de Chile. Revista Punto Género, (19), pp. 255–287. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2023.71217
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