Small business grants are supposed to help Colombia’s disarmed FARC fighters start new lives as entrepreneurs. But interviews with 12 female ex-insurgents suggests the government plan may fail women.
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We’ve watched the youngest Stark daughter grow from a tomboy to a trained killer. Now she’s come into her own.
Kurdish female fighters are on the front lines of conflicts in Turkey, Syria and Iraq, and they bring their particular brand of radical feminism with them.
Demilitarised female guerrillas in Colombia are hoping to spark a new women’s movement based in the FARC’s revolutionary ideals.
Women’s involvement in armed conflict in Peru and Colombia has a deep impact on societies. But peace processes and political aftermath rarely recognise their role.
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Research assistant professor, Universidad de los Andes
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Assistant Professor of Modern Languages, University of Central Florida
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PhD candidate in International and Comparative Education at Florida State University and 2019-2020 USIP Peace Scholar, Florida State University
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Director of the Centre for History Heritage and Memory Studies; Associate Professor in History, Nottingham Trent University