4 Mar 2024
From the mountains to the public arena
The struggle of women ex-combatants of FARC-EP to make their voices heard
In the third issue of our policy insight series on gender-inclusive conflict transformation, Victoria Sandino Simanca Herrera, former member of FARC-EP, a negotiator during the peace process and signatory to the 2016 Final Peace Agreement in Colombia, shares her experiences of transitioning from armed conflict to the legal political sphere. She details the challenges encountered in "continuing the struggle without arms" and offers a set of recommendations aimed at ensuring meaningful political participation for women ex-combatants in peace processes.
Authors
Victoria Sandino Simanca Herrera
- Gender-inclusive conflict transformation. Insights from female former combatants and women associated with resistance and liberation movements
Claudia Cruz Almeida, Véronique Dudouet, Victoria Cochrane. 2022
- Political reintegration and the continuation of the struggle after war. Women ex-combatants in formal and informal politics
Claudia Cruz Almeida, Véronique Dudouet, Johanna-Maria Hülzer. 2024
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