Women, Peace and Territory: Peacebuilding in Colombia through Ethnic and Gender Approaches

Indigenous women have gone through different types of inequalities linked, historically, to their female gender and ethnicity. Their extensive fight against discrimination has led them to be more vulnerable to violations of their rights. The non-international armed conflict experienced in Colombia has aggravated and magnified this pernicious situation. In this context, the relevance of the role of indigenous women in the construction of peace is analyzed by means of their involvement in the Final Agreement with the FARC-EP and the current panorama at the negotiating table with the ELN. Similarly, a large number of challenges and threats facing this path towards total peace are exposed.