Victim-survivors as co-facilitators of repair and regeneration in Colombia

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ID3607302
AutoresYoana Fernanda Nieto-Valdivieso (0000-0003-3045-978X, Law School, Honorary Research Fellow University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume32
Fascículo7
Páginas731-742
Data de publicação2023-10-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Gender Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0958-9236 • E-ISSN: 1465-3869
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09589236.2023.2246128
OpenAlexW4385808286
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas39

This article explores the ways in which women victim/survivors of conflict-related sexual violence and other human rights abuses in Colombia are co-facilitating repair and regeneration in their wider social ecologies – including their families, communities, built and natural environments – through their physical and emotional work. I begin by exploring the concept of co-facilitation which is used in socio-ecological resilience literature to designate the process through which individuals and communities cooperate with their social ecologies to make positive development possible after stressful/traumatic experiences despite systemic inequality and oppression. Using empirical data and following a growing corpus of literature which recognises that during war people are not only harmed but also build life alongside violence, I argue that victim/survivors and women-led organizations cooperate to co-facilitate positive change in women’s lives and their communities. The paper concludes by reflecting on the role of these organizations as central resources in women’s lives and the need to strengthen them

Facilitation · Inequality · Oppression · Political science · Psychological resilience · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Peacebuilding and International Security · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology