Open AccessPeace in Colombia is also a women's issue
Author(s) -
María Eugenia Ibarra Melo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
géneros
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.16
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 2014-3613
DOI - 10.17583/generos.2016.1812
Subject(s) - politics , democracy , civil society , work (physics) , government (linguistics) , political science , state (computer science) , human rights , identification (biology) , public administration , sociology , public relations , political economy , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , biology , linguistics , botany , algorithm , computer science
In this article, we show the ambiguous relationship between the Colombian state and civil organizations in an analysis that examines the motives, methods, and form in which women's organizations that have mobilized for peace in Colombia have benefited from the structure of political opportunities during the two-term government terms of democratic security (2002-2010). For this purpose, it was very important to follow the press and the means of information diffusion on the Web by the women's organizations, interviews with leaders, and what accompanied their actions over more than 10 years. The main conclusion drawn from this work is the identification of new methods of leadership that have structured activism around peace and human rights, thus contributing to the emergence of a new political actor and the transformation of the political culture of Colombia.