Elusive justice : women, land rights, and Colombia's transition to peace /

Elusive justice : women, land rights, and Colombia's transition to peace /

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Author / Creator:	Meertens, Donny, author.
Imprint:	Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2019]
Description:	xv, 206 pages : 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Critical human rights Critical human rights.
Subject:	Land reform -- Colombia. Land reform -- Law and legislation -- Colombia. Land reform beneficiaries -- Colombia. Women landowners -- Colombia. Women peasants -- Colombia -- Social conditions. Land tenure -- Colombia. Land reform. Land reform beneficiaries. Land reform -- Law and legislation. Land tenure. Women landowners. Women peasants -- Social conditions. Colombia.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11988962

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ISBN:	9780299325602 0299325601
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Fifty years of violence perpetrated by guerrillas, paramilitaries, and official armed forces in Colombia displaced more than six million people. In 2011, as part of a larger transitional justice process, the Colombian government approved a law that would restore land rights for those who lost their homes during the conflicts. However, this restitution process lacked appropriate provisions for rural women beyond granting them a formal property title. Drawing on decades of research, Elusive Justice demonstrates how these women continue to face numerous adverse circumstances, including geographical isolation, encroaching capitalist enterprises, and a dearth of social and institutional support. Donny Meertens contends that women's advocacy organizations must have a prominent role in overseeing these transitional policies in order to create a more just society. By bringing together the underresearched topic of property repayment and the pursuit of gender justice in peacebuilding, these findings have broad significance elsewhere in the world. --

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