The high-profile detention of several indigenous women leaders in Argentina this week has prompted Argentina’s Minister for Women, Gender and Diversity, Elizabeth Gomez, to resign in protest on Friday, according to state news agency Telam.
The women, from the Mapuche nation, were detained Tuesday by Argentinian security forces amid clashes over their community’s occupation of private and public lands, Telam reported.
“The situation is very concerning. Seven indigenous women, one of them the spiritual leader of the community, have been detained for more than 48 hours,” said Gomez in an interview with local radio station AM750 on Thursday. Her portfolio includes advancing rights for women and indigenous minorities.
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