Abstract

BELTRAN SAVENIJE, María Antonieta  and  AGUIRRE, Laura. Pequeñas conquistas en la adversidad: posibilidades de agencia de mujeres que usan la violencia en Buenos Aires y trabajadoras sexuales en la frontera sur de México. Rev. interdiscip. estud. género Col. Méx. [online]. 2016, vol.2, n.3, pp.27-50.  Epub Apr 09, 2021. ISSN 2395-9185.  https://doi.org/10.24201/eg.v2i3.2.

This article seeks to visualize the possibilities of agency that some women have even if they live in social limited conditions that restrict their actions and even put them in danger of suffering victimization. Based in two qualitative researchs: 1) women from slums of Buenos Aires’ outskirts (2008-2010), and 2) Centralamerican migrants sex workers in the Mexican Southern border (2011-2013), we show their capability of taking decisions, and act. This becomes visible when they show they can fight, defend other people, prevent an assault or establish a reputation in the case of women that use violence, and to look for company, negotiate their services and payment, to run away from authorities and to work in the streets instead of bars, in the case of the migrants.

Keywords : Victim; agency; Gender violence; Sex workers; Migrants; Women that use violence.