Abstract
Gender may have been one of the main reasons behind the rejection of the Peace Agreement in Colombia. A few hours after the narrow victory of those who opposed the deal, Senator and ex-president Álvaro Uribe Vélez gave a speech calling for the strengthening of religious family values. His words echoed an argument that gained traction in recent months in Colombia, particularly in the Evangelical Christian community: that the content of the Peace Accord dismantled traditional mores, such as the biological difference between man and woman, the importance of the heterosexual family, and the place of religion in public life.
Highlights
Gender may have been one of the main reasons behind the rejection of the Peace Agreement in Colombia
A few hours after the narrow victory of those who opposed the deal, Senator and ex-president Álvaro Uribe Vélez gave a speech calling for the strengthening of religious family values.[1]
His words echoed an argument that gained traction in recent months in Colombia, in the Evangelical Christian community:[2] that the content of the Peace Accord dismantled traditional mores, such as the biological difference between man and woman, the importance of the heterosexual family, and the place of religion in public life
Summary
Gender may have been one of the main reasons behind the rejection of the Peace Agreement in Colombia. The genderization of the Colombian armed conflict started in the early 2000s, around women. International law was crucial for the women’s rights movement to demonstrate to the Colombian government and civil society that women were enduring differential and disproportionate impacts of the armed conflict. The gender dimension of the Peace Agreement was rooted in international law, and mirrored its insights. The deal’s rejection echoes the backlash women and LGBTI rights have been suffering around the world at the hands of conservative and religious factions. The Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is one of the human rights treaties to which the highest number of reservations
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