In person icon Gendered Civilian Agency in Conflict: Evidence from Colombia and Beyond

Abstract

In recent years, scholars have begun to develop a vast literature on the topic of civilian agency in war and conflict. This research demonstrates that civilians in war zones are actively engaged individuals, and not just passive victims. However, within this literature, the role of gender is typically overlooked, and civilians are frequently essentialized into general categories. The papers presented in this panel will examine how agency, peacebuilding, mobilization and general patterns of war during Colombia’s armed conflict are gendered. By incorporating research from distinct periods in Colombia’s conflict (and postconflict moment), they will theorize how particular gender and sexual identities shape the perpetration of violence, responses to that violence, and civilian perceptions of war itself.

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Love in War? Girlfriends, Romance, and Strategic Amorous Relationships in Colombia’s Armed Conflict	View Paper Details
Purity & War: how prejudicial wartime violence against LGBT people denies agency and transforms social environments	View Paper Details
Singing Truth to Power : Creative performance as restorative (gender) justice and collective healing in periods of transition from violence	View Paper Details
Women’s Solidarity during Patriarchal Backlash: Gendered Civilian Agency in Putumayo, Colombia and Atenco, Mexico	View Paper Details