La dimensión de la protección en violencias contra las mujeres en Argentina. Reflexiones desde la provincia de Córdoba

(The dimension of protection in violence against women in Argentina. Reflections from the province of Córdoba)

Abstract

Argentina cuenta con una normativa integral respecto a las violencias contra las mujeres, sin embargo, a la par de avances legislativos, las cifras de denuncias continúan incrementándose. Este artículo tiene como objetivo reflexionar respecto a la dimensión de la protección en las violencias contra las mujeres, luego de que éstas efectúan denuncias contra sus parejas y exparejas. Para eso, nos enfocamos en las experiencias de acceso a dos medidas de protección judicial: Dispositivo Dual y Dispositivo Salva Desde una metodología cualitativa, con enfoque fenomenológico, se analizan las experiencias de doce mujeres que cuentan o contaron con los mismos en el periodo 2020-2021 en la Provincia de Córdoba, Argentina. Los resultados muestran la persistencia de dificultades para acceder a la justicia por parte de las personas victimizadas y la primacía de un abordaje securitario de la protección, que se limita a pensar en clave de letalidad, seguridad y control.

Argentina has comprehensive legislation on violence against women; however, while legislative advances have been made, the number of complaints continues to increase. The aim of this article is to reflect on the dimension of protection in violence against women after they file complaints against their partners and ex-partners. For this purpose, we focus on the experiences of access to two judicial protection measures: Dispositivo Dual and Dispositivo Salva. From a qualitative methodology, with a phenomenological approach, we analyze the experiences of twelve women who have or had access to them in the period 2020-2021 in the Province of Córdoba, Argentina. The results show the persistence of difficulties for victimized persons to access justice and the primacy of a securitarian approach to protection, which is limited to thinking in terms of lethality, security and control.

Argentina has comprehensive regulations regarding violence against women and its approaches, an achievement linked to the disputes of feminisms for inserting the problem on the political agenda. However, along with legislation advances, the number of police reports have increased, with the prevailing in the statistics being violence that is carried out by partners and ex-partners. Córdoba is one of the largest provinces in the country, and is the third in femicide statistics. This article aims to reflect on the dimension of protection in violence against women, after they make police report. For that, we focus on two judicial protective measures known as: Dual Device and Salvage Device, aiming to reflect on the user experience of these devices. We analyzed experiences of twelve women who have or had them, during the 2020-2021 period, in Córdoba, Argentina, through a qualitative methodology with a phenomenological approach. The results show the persistence of difficulties in accessing justice by the victimized people and the primacy of a notion of protection that is in permanent tension with security perspectives.