Identity policies in the National Women's Meetings (Argentina): relevant moments in the political agenda construction

Abstract

This paper proposes the identity construction process study of a sector of indigenous women in Argentina that meets annually at the National Women's Meetings. In this opportunity is reconstructed the route through which native women established a policy agenda, that incorporates women issues throughout the workshop conformation called Native Nations Women (1986-2011). With this objective three relevant moments in the political organization process of indigenous are marked out.

It should be noted that this work can be seen from a broader ethnographic research in the National Women's Meetings. In this context, it was made the participation, observation and the interviews with indigenous and non-indigenous women. Of special interest to this writing, was to look at the conclusions meeting booklets since 1986.

Among the results, we can conclude that indigenous women build their political agenda embedded in a framework of political priorities, legislation and transnational, regional and national actions; which implies an exchange (conflictive) with the indigenous movement, the women's movement, feminism, and other potential interlocutors that are dependent on the local scene.