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This project works with women farmers and social activists from Colombia to explore their ideas and expressions of an emergent Latin America concept of resistance called Popular Peasant Feminism (PPF). It will analyse the conceptual utility of PPF in supporting socio-political activism and agroecological transitions for women peasants in the Peasant Reserve Zone of Valle del Rio Cimitarra, Colombia.
Peasant Reserve Zones are the only state recognised development spaces that prioritise peasant land access and sustainable development. They are recognised in the 2012 Peace Accords between the Colombian State and the demobilised left-wing guerrilla group Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejército Popular (FARC-EP), as a tool to address structural rural inequalities. Exploring PPF in these spaces, therefore, is of extreme relevance to advancing sustainable and gendered peace building in a region that has long been blighted by conflict.
Working with women peasants and understanding they oppose multi-faceted violence is crucial to supporting sustainable rural economies and socio-ecological peace. Together, this is essential for living well in an ecologically embedded and holistically connected sense in any society. However, in the context of a new Colombian government that is supportive of the peace agreement and looking for new ways to implement a ‘total’ peace, this research is timely and imperative to contribute knowledge and understanding towards achieving a more gender-just, sustainable and peaceful society.
Peasant Reserve Zones are the only state recognised development spaces that prioritise peasant land access and sustainable development. They are recognised in the 2012 Peace Accords between the Colombian State and the demobilised left-wing guerrilla group Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejército Popular (FARC-EP), as a tool to address structural rural inequalities. Exploring PPF in these spaces, therefore, is of extreme relevance to advancing sustainable and gendered peace building in a region that has long been blighted by conflict.
Working with women peasants and understanding they oppose multi-faceted violence is crucial to supporting sustainable rural economies and socio-ecological peace. Together, this is essential for living well in an ecologically embedded and holistically connected sense in any society. However, in the context of a new Colombian government that is supportive of the peace agreement and looking for new ways to implement a ‘total’ peace, this research is timely and imperative to contribute knowledge and understanding towards achieving a more gender-just, sustainable and peaceful society.
| Status | Finished |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 1/02/23 → 31/07/23 |
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