Women constructing peace in Colombia. Dialogues of knowledge, gender and local practices in the post-agreements

When:
October 02, 2018 @ 09:00 – October 02, 2018 @ 19:15
Where:
Auditorium A1B
Chemin Eugène-Rigot, 2, Maison de la paix
in Geneva 1202

The conference will bring together distinguished researchers, students and social actors from Colombia to discuss the global challenges and local practices. The debate will be structured around theories and methodologies of dialogues of knowledge and will discuss how these can contribute to the process of peacebuilding.

Programme

09:00-09:15

  • Christine Verschuur (The Graduate Institute, Geneva), Dialogues of knowledge, gender and peace

09:15-10:30

  • Marco Fidel Vargas (CINEP, Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular), CINEP in dialogues of knowledge: from the Laboratórios de Paz to the follow-up of the implementation of the Final Peace Agreement and the Truth Commission
  • Aline Helg, University of Geneva, discussant

10:30-10:45

  • Coffee break

10:45-12:15

  • Carlos Rodriguez (Tropenbos Colombia), Art and communication of indigenous knowledge: community-driven investigation and dialogues of knowledge for peaceful coexistence in the Colombian Amazon
  • Maria Clara van der Hammen (Universidad Externado), Peasant women in páramos of Colombia, cultural heritage and the reconstruction of social fabric
  • Graziella Moraes Silva (The Graduate Institute, Geneva), discussant

12:15-14:00

  • Lunch

14:00-16:00

  • Yira Lazala (The Graduate Institute, Geneva), Women in the struggles for territory in Nariño in the post-conflict
  • Anyi Martinez (Inga Cabildo of Resguardo Aponte, Nariño), Inga Women constructing peace in the Resguardo Aponte
  • Liliana Soler (The Graduate Institute, Geneva), discussant

During this panel, the floor will be open for brief presentations on other experiences, among others “Women's organisations and land reform after the peace agreements in Pradera and Florida, Cauca” by Sofi Ospina (Red Nacional de Mujeres Valle del Cauca / Colectivo de Mujeres Pazíficas Cali) and “Recommandations for rural women's security in Colombia” by Cristina Hoyos (Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces/DCAF and Corporación de Investigación y Acción Social y Económica/CIASE, Bogotá).

16:00-16:15

  • Coffee break

16:15-18:00

  • Riwanon Gouez (The Graduate Institute, Geneva), Displaced families, voice and reconstruction of life in finca Potosi, Tolima
  • Anaïs Kaïser (University of Geneva), Excombatants of FARC, solidarity economy and life projects in Agua Bonita, Meta
  • Attilio Bernasconi (University of Lausanne), Women of the Colombian Pacific constructing peace against the state
  • Fenneke Reysoo (The Graduate Institute, Geneva), discussant

Public conference

18:15-19:15

  • Francia Marquez (Consejo Nacional de Paz y Convivencia), Afro-descendant women organisations struggling against the regressive peace process
  • Attilio Bernasconi, moderator