Reflexões feministas sobre escuta e democracia: experiências das mulheres na construção de paz na Colômbia

Abstract

The signing of the commitment term for the end of the armed conflict in Colombia in 2012 was a major step forward in the attempt to create a more inclusive and lasting peace that acknowledge the place of individual experiences in the country’s peace process. This paper seeks to understand the participation of women’s and feminist movements through- out the peace process in Colombia (2012-2016), based on discussions in contemporary democratic theory. Through a feminist approach, we have produced an ethnography of documents produced on victims’ conferences and forums, which were heavily attended by women, trying to understand the contributions of the movements to the democratic construction in Colombia. As a result, we realized that the participation of women in deliberation spaces contributed to broadening the understanding of the conflict and allowed the incorporation of differentiated demands in the final document.