Female Bodies as Territories of War is the second episode in the Rivers of Blood series. Here I attempt to analyse how sexual violence against women has been historically used as a war strategy by both legal and illegal actors during the Colombian armed conflict as well as other conflicts around the world. We’ll explore the role of the patriarchy in the conception of women as sexual objects and how this perspective enables and justifies sexual violence against women, especially during times of conflict.
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Music by Cynthia Montaño performing "Las mil y ningún mujeres".
(P) (C) Ghetto Blue Music.
Mixing and Mastering by @Johnefy in Cannes Music / Division of Cannes Media.
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SOURCES
Las Mujeres en la Guerra by Patricia Lara
https://www.librosantimateria.com/producto/las-mujeres-en-la-guerra/
Analysis – Understanding How Women’s Bodies are Turned into Battlefields https://pressbooks.claremont.edu/soc189gspring21group3/chapter/analysis-understanding-how-womens-bodies-are-turned-into-battlefields/
On the battlefield of women’s bodies: An overview of the harm of war to women
http://dean.faculty.writing.ucsb.edu/Upload501B-Fall06/WomensBodies.pdf
TEMBLORES NGO - Reporte sobre las violaciones a los derechos humanos durante las protestas de 2021.
https://4ed5c6d6-a3c0-4a68-8191-92ab5d1ca365.filesusr.com/ugd/7bbd97_00f4e54bbb3742d9ac4a3e21dfddeac4.pdf
ONU: La violencia sexual como “táctica de guerra”
https://www.hrw.org/es/news/2015/04/14/onu-la-violencia-sexual-como-tactica-de-guerra
Violencia sexual en conflictos armados: preguntas y respuestas
https://www.icrc.org/es/doc/resources/documents/faq/sexual-violence-questions-and-answers.htm
Violencia sexual contra las mujeres en el conflicto armado colombiano: un desconocimiento de su dignidad
https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/1892/189233271009.pdf
Violencia sexual contra las mujeres en el conflicto armado colombiano
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351365580_Violencia_sexual_contra_las_mujeres_en_el_conflicto_armado_colombiano
Colombia: Women, ConflictRelated Sexual Violence and the Peace Process
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/ABColombia_Conflict_related_sexual_violence_report.pdf
Cuerpos que Persisten, Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica
http://museodememoria.gov.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/catalogo-cuerpos-que-persisten-4.pdf
Memoria histórica con víctimas de violencia sexual: Aproximación conceptual y metodológica, Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica
https://centrodememoriahistorica.gov.co/memoria-historica-con-victimas-de-violencia-sexual-aproximacion-conceptual-y-metodologica/
La guerra inscrita en el cuerpo, Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica
https://centrodememoriahistorica.gov.co/la-guerra-inscrita-en-el-cuerpo/