Violence against women in the colombian internal armed conflict: keys for a critical reading

Authors

  • Gustavo Macaya-Aguirre Universidad Alberto Hurtado
  • Carolina Stefoni Espinoza Universidad de Tarapacá

Abstract

This article seeks to systematize and understand the analysis carried out by the academy and Human Rights organizations on violence against women in the Colombian internal armed conflict. To do this, we have selected and analyzed 51 articles and reports extracted by keywords in different search engines. Among the main findings, we report that the different investigations have sought to make visible the multiple forms of violence that affect women, as well as to inquire about the perpetrators, scenarios, impacts, resistance and interrelationship between different types of violence. Based on the foregoing, we propose the need to move towards an analysis of violence against women as a manifestation of power, open up reflection on the link between violence and forced international migration, and deepen our understanding of the impacts of violence that they experience in their political dimension.

Keywords:

Colombian internal armed conflict, Colombia, gender violence, sexual violence, women