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Colombia has the dubious distinction of being the only country in the Americas identified by the Project Ploughshares Armed Conflicts Report for 2010 (1) as experiencing armed conflict. For over [...]

The article focuses on the armed conflict and building of peace in Colombia. It mentions that decades of armed conflict and destruction of communities have created social and environmental damage. Moreover, various organizations from different sectors have joined forces to build peace based on the principle of transforming the culture of violence into a culture of peace.

AbstractThis paper assesses the effectiveness of the Harvard Gender Analytical Framework using a case study of a Maya-Mam community in Guatemala. Data were collected through participant observation, informal interviews and focus group discussions during the author's four and a half year involvement in a rural development project in Comitancillo, San Marcos. The study reveals the Harvard Gender Analytical Framework to be a useful tool in the examination of data, illuminating the distinctive dynamics of gender work relations in traditional subsistence activities and in activities linked with the national cash economy and social structure. However, it became evident that the Framework could provide a more comprehensive view if it were expanded to include other variables, among them additional aspects of community work.