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2. Reproductive justice in the Colombian armed conflict.
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Svallfors, Signe
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WAR , *REPRODUCTIVE rights , *WOMEN'S health , *WOMEN'S rights , *REPRODUCTIVE health , *SEXUAL assault , *CIVIL defense - Abstract
This study explores the impacts of armed conflict on women's sexual and reproductive health in Colombia, building on a reproductive justice perspective to analyse original interviews with stakeholders in healthcare, women's rights, and peacebuilding. The analysis reveals that war affects women's sexual and reproductive health in three ways, through violent politicisation, collateral damage, and intersectional dimensions. First, multiple armed actors have used women's health as an instrument in politically motivated strategies to increase their power, assigning political meaning to sexuality and reproduction within the context of war. Second, women's health has also suffered from secondary damage of conflict resulting from a decay in healthcare service provision and an unmet need for healthcare services among those affected by sexual and reproductive violence. Third, marginalised women have been particularly affected by a discriminatory nexus of poverty, ethnicity, and geographic inequality. The paper concludes with a reflection on the opportunities for reproductive justice in Colombia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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3. Internally displaced women as knowledge producers and users in humanitarian action: the view from Colombia.
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Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora and Lemaitre, Julieta
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FOOD security ,HUMANITARIAN assistance ,NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations ,EVIDENCE-based social work ,POVERTY ,VIOLENCE ,CASE studies - Abstract
The literature on evidence-based action in humanitarian crises commonly focuses on how inter-and non-governmental organisations can produce better knowledge and how this can be translated into improved programming. Yet, there is little recorded experience of, or concern about, how the beneficiaries of humanitarian relief can produce and use knowledge of their predicament. This paper is based on a case study of how the Liga de Mujeres Desplazadas, an internally displaced women's organisation in northern Colombia, employs proactively research-generated data to advance its own agenda in its interactions with donor bodies and the government. The paper finds that beneficiaries of humanitarian aid can, and do, use participatory research to advance their own ends in the legal and political spaces created around humanitarian crisis. However, their agency is limited by poverty, violence, and local balances of power. The paper concludes that beneficiaries' priorities in the production of data about humanitarian crises warrant further study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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4. Security for whom? Stabilisation and civilian protection in Colombia.
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Elhawary, Samir
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NATIONAL security ,GUERRILLAS ,COLOMBIAN politics & government - Abstract
This paper focuses on three periods of stabilisation in Colombia: the Alliance for Progress (1961–73) that sought to stem the threat of communist revolution in Latin America; Plan Colombia and President Alvaro Uribe's ‘democratic security’ policy (2000–07) aimed at defeating the guerrillas and negotiating a settlement with the paramilitaries; and the current ‘integrated approach’, adopted from 2007, to consolidate more effectively the state's control of its territory.
1 The paper assesses the extent to which these stabilisation efforts have enhanced the protection of civilians and ultimately finds that in all three periods there has been a disconnect between the discourse and the practice of stabilisation. While they have all sought to enhance security, in actual fact, they have privileged the security of the state and its allies at the expense of the effective protection of the civilian population. This has not only led to widespread human rights abuses but also has undermined the long-term stability being pursued. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2010
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5. The sexual and reproductive rights of internally displaced women: the embodiment of Colombia's crisis.
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Alzate, Mónica M.
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WOMEN'S rights ,INTERNALLY displaced persons ,WOMEN in politics ,VIOLENCE against women ,EQUALITY ,DISCRIMINATION (Sociology) ,SEX crimes - Abstract
As of 30 June 2006, more than 3.5 million Colombians are internally displaced persons (IDPs), the second largest IDP population in the world after that of Sudan. While most IDP studies treat the plight of internally displaced women (IDW) as an isolated phenomenon, this paper demonstrates that their situation reflects Colombia's chronic cultural, political and socio-economic crisis. This paper uses a sexual and reproductive rights framework to establish a connection between IDW and Colombia's culture of violence, discrimination and inequality. The effects of this culture of violence, discrimination and inequality are highlighted during a discussion of the rights to health, reproduction, privacy, physical integrity, education, and freedom from violence and sexual exploitation. This paper argues that a holistic understanding of Colombia's humanitarian emergency is essential to improving the lives of IDPs. It ends with some concrete, short-term recommendations to meet some of the needs of IDPs and other vulnerable populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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6. Dignity and the right of internally displaced adolescents in Colombia to sexual and reproductive health.
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Bosmans, Marleen, Gonzalez, Fernando, Brems, Eva, and Temmerman, Marleen
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REPRODUCTIVE health ,SEXUAL health ,GOVERNMENT policy ,INTERNALLY displaced persons - Abstract
In Colombia, national policies and laws on the protection of vulnerable populations pay specific attention to the sexual and reproductive health needs and rights of internally displaced adolescents. This paper describes how a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)-supported programme (September 2000-August 2004) on the sexual and reproductive health of internally displaced adolescents contributed to restoring their dignity as a precursor to promoting their sexual and reproductive health rights. Different forms of the arts were used as basic techniques to discover their body and to provide sexual and reproductive health information and education. The arts were found to play a key role in restoring their dignity. Although dignity appeared to be a determinant of greater awareness of rights, it did not lead to increased empowerment with regard to rights. The availability of and access to sexual and reproductive health services remains a problem and displaced populations continue to have little or no power to hold their authorities accountable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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7. Forced displacement and women's security in Colombia.
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Meertens, Donny
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CIVIL war ,INTERNALLY displaced persons ,JUSTICE ,CONSTITUTIONAL courts ,HUMANITARIAN intervention ,HUMANITARIAN assistance - Abstract
In the protracted Colombian conflict, assistance to internally displaced persons has developed in the context of contradictory political processes. The Colombian government's launching of a transitional justice process in the midst of armed conflict has generated a complex situation displaying both conflict and post-conflict characteristics. The progressive Constitutional Court rulings on internal displacement, in particular the gender-sensitive Auto 092, constitute an attempt to bring together humanitarian interventions and transitional justice measures in a rights-based framework. However, the national government is reluctant to adopt them fully and local realities still hamper their integrated implementation. Displaced women, therefore, remain in an especially vulnerable position. This paper argues that gender-sensitive humanitarian interventions must take into account all of these complexities of scale and political process in order to make legal frameworks more effective at the local level. In these contexts, interventions should pay particular attention to strategies that contribute to transforming pre-existing gender regimes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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8. Spatial and temporal patterns and the socioeconomic impacts of landslides in the tropical and mountainous Colombian Andes.
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Aristizábal, Edier and Sánchez, Oscar
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LANDSLIDES ,RAINFALL ,EARTHQUAKES ,CATALOGS - Abstract
Landslides are a natural hazard that presents a major threat to human life and infrastructure. Although they are a very common phenomenon in Colombia, there is a lack of analysis that entails national and comprehensive spatial, temporal, and socioeconomic evaluations of such events based on historical records. This study provides a detailed assessment of the spatial and temporal patterns and the socioeconomic impacts associated with landslides that occurred in the country between 1900 and 2018. Two national landslide databases were consulted and this information was complemented by local and regional landslide catalogues. A total of 30,730 landslides were recorded in the 118‐year period. Rainfall is the most common trigger of landslides, responsible for 92 per cent of those registered, but most fatalities (68 per cent) are due to landslides caused by volcanic activity and earthquakes. An 'fN curve' revealed a very high frequency of small and moderate fatal landslides in the time frame. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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9. Security for whom? Stabilisation and civilian protection in Colombia
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Samir Elhawary
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Engineering ,International Cooperation ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Public policy ,Poison control ,Public Policy ,Colombia ,Computer security ,computer.software_genre ,History, 21st Century ,Security Measures ,Politics ,State (polity) ,Humans ,Communism ,media_common ,Human rights ,Illicit Drugs ,business.industry ,Civil Defense ,General Social Sciences ,History, 20th Century ,Altruism ,United States ,Democracy ,Interinstitutional Relations ,Military Personnel ,Political economy ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Alliance for Progress ,business ,computer - Abstract
This paper focuses on three periods of stabilisation in Colombia: the Alliance for Progress (1961-73) that sought to stem the threat of communist revolution in Latin America; Plan Colombia and President Alvaro Uribe's 'democratic security' policy (2000-07) aimed at defeating the guerrillas and negotiating a settlement with the paramilitaries; and the current 'integrated approach', adopted from 2007, to consolidate more effectively the state's control of its territory.(1) The paper assesses the extent to which these stabilisation efforts have enhanced the protection of civilians and ultimately finds that in all three periods there has been a disconnect between the discourse and the practice of stabilisation. While they have all sought to enhance security, in actual fact, they have privileged the security of the state and its allies at the expense of the effective protection of the civilian population. This has not only led to widespread human rights abuses but also has undermined the long-term stability being pursued.
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- 2010
10. The sexual and reproductive rights of internally displaced women: the embodiment of Colombia's crisis
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Mónica M. Alzate
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Economic growth ,Human Rights ,Inequality ,Sexual Behavior ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Refugee ,Culture ,Population ,Poison control ,Colombia ,Violence ,Politics ,Reproductive rights ,Humans ,Medicine ,education ,media_common ,Health Services Needs and Demand ,Refugees ,education.field_of_study ,Reproductive Rights ,Human rights ,business.industry ,General Social Sciences ,Health Status Disparities ,Emigration and Immigration ,Socioeconomic Factors ,Internally displaced person ,Law ,Ill-Housed Persons ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Female ,business ,Prejudice - Abstract
As of 30 June 2006, more than 3.5 million Colombians are internally displaced persons (IDPs), the second largest IDP population in the world after that of Sudan. While most IDP studies treat the plight of internally displaced women (IDW) as an isolated phenomenon, this paper demonstrates that their situation reflects Colombia's chronic cultural, political and socio-economic crisis. This paper uses a sexual and reproductive rights framework to establish a connection between IDW and Colombia's culture of violence, discrimination and inequality. The effects of this culture of violence, discrimination and inequality are highlighted during a discussion of the rights to health, reproduction, privacy, physical integrity, education, and freedom from violence and sexual exploitation. This paper argues that a holistic understanding of Colombia's humanitarian emergency is essential to improving the lives of IDPs. It ends with some concrete, short-term recommendations to meet some of the needs of IDPs and other vulnerable populations.
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- 2007
11. Dignity and the right of internally displaced adolescents in Colombia to sexual and reproductive health
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Eva Brems, Marleen Bosmans, Fernando Gonzalez, and Marleen Temmerman
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Male ,Economic growth ,Adolescent ,Human Rights ,United Nations ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Population ,Developing country ,Sex Education ,Colombia ,Vulnerable Populations ,Health Services Accessibility ,Personhood ,Dignity ,Political science ,Environmental health ,Reproductive rights ,Humans ,Empowerment ,education ,Qualitative Research ,media_common ,Reproductive health ,Refugees ,education.field_of_study ,Human rights ,business.industry ,General Social Sciences ,Adolescent Health Services ,Internally displaced person ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Female ,Reproductive Health Services ,business ,Program Evaluation - Abstract
In Colombia, national policies and laws on the protection of vulnerable populations pay specific attention to the sexual and reproductive health needs and rights of internally displaced adolescents. This paper describes how a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)-supported programme (September 2000-August 2004) on the sexual and reproductive health of internally displaced adolescents contributed to restoring their dignity as a precursor to promoting their sexual and reproductive health rights. Different forms of the arts were used as basic techniques to discover their body and to provide sexual and reproductive health information and education. The arts were found to play a key role in restoring their dignity. Although dignity appeared to be a determinant of greater awareness of rights, it did not lead to increased empowerment with regard to rights. The availability of and access to sexual and reproductive health services remains a problem and displaced populations continue to have little or no power to hold their authorities accountable.
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- 2012
12. Revealing the socioeconomic impact of small disasters in Colombia using the DesInventar database
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Mabel C. Marulanda, Omar D. Cardona, and Alex H. Barbat
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Latin Americans ,Databases, Factual ,Emergency management ,Database ,Poverty ,business.industry ,Climate Change ,Vulnerability ,General Social Sciences ,Poison control ,Colombia ,Livelihood ,computer.software_genre ,Vulnerable Populations ,Social studies ,Disasters ,Models, Economic ,Poverty Areas ,Humans ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Business ,Product (category theory) ,computer - Abstract
Small disasters are usually the product of climate variability and climate change. Analysis of them illustrates that they increase difficulties for local development-frequently affecting the livelihoods of poor people and perpetuating their level of poverty and human insecurity-and entail challenges for a country's development. In contrast to extreme events, small disasters are often invisible at the national level and their effects are not considered as relevant from a macroeconomic standpoint. Nevertheless, their accumulated impact causes economic, environmental and social problems. This paper presents the results of an evaluation of the DesInventar database, developed in 1994 by the Network for Social Studies in Disaster Prevention in Latin America. In addition, it proposes a new version of the Local Disaster Index developed in 2005 within the framework of the Disaster Risk and Management Indicators Program for the Americas, with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank.
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- 2010
13. Strategic planning for post-disaster temporary housing
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Cassidy Johnson
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Time Factors ,Process (engineering) ,Poison control ,Disaster Planning ,Colombia ,Suicide prevention ,Unit (housing) ,Disasters ,Transport engineering ,Japan ,Humans ,Decision Making, Organizational ,Qualitative Research ,Finance ,Strategic planning ,Greece ,business.industry ,General Social Sciences ,Human factors and ergonomics ,Relief Work ,Armenia ,Health Planning ,Housing ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,business ,Qualitative research - Abstract
Temporary housing programmes suffer from excessively high cost, late delivery, poor location, improper unit designs and other inherent issues. These issues can be attributed in part to a prevalence of ad hoc tactical planning, rather than pre-disaster strategic planning, for reconstruction undertaken by governments and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the chaotic post-disaster environment. An analysis of the process and outcomes from six case studies of temporary housing programmes after disasters in Turkey and Colombia in 1999, Japan in 1995, Greece in 1986, Mexico in 1985, and Italy in 1976 yields information about the extent to which strategic planning is employed in temporary housing programmes, as well as common issues in temporary housing. Based on an understanding of these common issues, this paper proposes a framework for strategic planning for temporary housing that identifies organisational designs and available resources for temporary housing before the disaster, but allows modifications to fit the specific post-disaster situation.
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- 2007
14. Forced displacement and women's security in Colombia
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Donny Meertens
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Warfare ,Refugee ,Poison control ,Public Policy ,Colombia ,Violence ,Conflict, Psychological ,Politics ,Sex Factors ,Social Justice ,Political science ,Humans ,Constitutional court ,Government ,Refugees ,Transitional justice ,General Social Sciences ,Emigration and Immigration ,Relief Work ,Altruism ,Forced migration ,Political economy ,Internally displaced person ,Law ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Women's Health ,Women's Rights ,Female ,Safety - Abstract
In the protracted Colombian conflict, assistance to internally displaced persons has developed in the context of contradictory political processes. The Colombian government's launching of a transitional justice process in the midst of armed conflict has generated a complex situation displaying both conflict and post-conflict characteristics. The progressive Constitutional Court rulings on internal displacement, in particular the gender-sensitive Auto 092, constitute an attempt to bring together humanitarian interventions and transitional justice measures in a rights-based framework. However, the national government is reluctant to adopt them fully and local realities still hamper their integrated implementation. Displaced women, therefore, remain in an especially vulnerable position. This paper argues that gender-sensitive humanitarian interventions must take into account all of these complexities of scale and political process in order to make legal frameworks more effective at the local level. In these contexts, interventions should pay particular attention to strategies that contribute to transforming pre-existing gender regimes.
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- 2010
15. Conflict-induced displacement and involuntary resettlement in Colombia: putting Cernea's IRLR model to the test
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H.C.R. Muggah
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Rural Population ,Public economics ,Poverty ,Urban Population ,Refugee ,Coercion ,Population Dynamics ,General Social Sciences ,Poison control ,Civil Disorders ,Colombia ,Livelihood ,Civil disorder ,Conflict, Psychological ,Risk Factors ,Political science ,Internally displaced person ,Human settlement ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Humans ,Internal conflict - Abstract
This paper tests Cernea's (1997) impoverishment risks and livelihood reconstruction (IRLR) model in cases of conflict-induced displacement (CID). In applying the model to a situation involving internal conflict, the article illustrates the particular problems encountered by internally displaced people (IDPs) and policymakers charged to respond to them. The article searches for local interpretations of CID and resettlement through a comparative profile of two IDP settlements in Colombia: one urban, the other rural. It concludes that the IRLR model, when contextualised, provides a useful tool to identify and categorise risks of impoverishment and resettlement priorities. At the same time, however, the article demonstrates that the model insufficiently captures the root causes or causality of CID.
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- 2000
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