Argentina: Meeting of Women and Diversity Begins

Demonstration during the 37th Plurinational Meeting of women, lesbians, transvestites, trans, bisexuals, intersex and non-binaries in San Salvador de Jujuy. Photo: X/ @latfemnoticias: Jose Nicolini

October 11, 2024 Hour: 2:53 pm

“It is very necessary that we meet, embrace, reflect and share. We will hold 105 workshops, always open…”

On Friday, the northern Argentinean city of San Salvador de Jujuy is hosting the 37th Plurinational Meeting of Women, Lesbians, Transvestites, Trans, Bisexual, Intersex and Non-Binary until Sunday.

Speaking to AM 750 radio station, Miriam Morales, a member of the event’s organizing committee, explained that the event will take place in a complex scenario, marked by a socio-economic crisis, the application of a strong adjustment, the dismantling of equality and rights policies, and an increase in physical and verbal violence.

Arrancó el 37° Encuentro Plurinacional de Mujeres y Disidencias en Jujuy. Miles de compatriotas de todo el país debatirán sobre temas que arden, en un escenario económico y social de alto voltaje. Habrá que esperar las conclusiones. pic.twitter.com/zX7YFF5BJi
— David Correa (@davidcorreatv) October 11, 2024

The text reads: “The 37th Plurinational Meeting of Women and Dissidents has begun in Jujuy. Thousands of compatriots from all over the country will debate on burning issues, in a high-voltage economic and social scenario. We will have to wait for the conclusions.“

“It is very necessary that we meet, embrace, reflect and share. We will hold 105 workshops, always open. We have been working for 37 years with this horizontal democracy that allows everyone to play a leading role. It is a space to tell our experiences, our experiences and see ourselves reflected in our stories, but we are always traversed by the context,” she said.

She also recalled the recent protests in Jujuy against a constitutional reform ‘that seeks to subjugate lands and territories, guaranteeing the extractives of lithium and other resources’.

‘The people rose up against this, but we suffered great repression. It is said that Jujuy was a laboratory for what later began to be seen in Buenos Aires: repression and people infiltrated to generate chaos,’ he said.

One of the objectives of the meeting is to strengthen the anti-patriarchal dimension of the popular struggle, to reject the handing over of natural resources and the attacks on native communities.

It also takes place within the framework of actions in defense of the public, free, federal and quality university.