Women in conflict, women in litigation

• In Event: Rural Inequalities,Vulnerable Populations: Continuity and Change

Abstract

This paper explores how the normative category women was introduced into the Colombian land restitution process and whether this legal and political move represents an adequate and sufficient affirmative action to protect and enforce women’s rights over land. To do so, I examine how this category was crafted and incorporated into the legal regulation of the internal armed conflict, its particular meaning, and its particular deployment in the land restitution scheme.

Author

• Lina M Céspedes