ABSTRACT
The paper explores the nexus of care and urban safety based on two case studies from the women’s rights movement in Argentina. The gendered dimension of urban spaces and urban safety significantly impacts daily lives of girls and women. The article analyzes the intersecting struggles for safer public and private spaces in Argentina through the lens of care. In particular, the concept of Fisher and Tronto’s sisterhood-based care is used to capture and investigate the informal practices of care between women in the context of urban (un)safety. The cases from the Argentinian women’s right movement contribute to the reflections on the role of care/care strategies in the urban context.
