Breaking the silence: Female guerrillas in Colombia and access to justice

Abstract

This article is based on a Social Work research project that attempts to highlight historical situations of discrimination suffered by women deprived of their liberty after the demobilization of various armed groups in Colombia: the National Liberation Army (ELN), the People’s Liberation Army (EPL) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, People’s Army (FARC-EP). This paper focuses on the establishment of Gender Justice. On the basis of first-hand testimonials, it gathers the experiences of some of these women and the violations and forms of violence they have suffered.