Arhuaco indigenous women’s memories and the Colombian Truth Commission: methodological gaps and political tensions

Abstract The Truth, Peaceful Coexistence, and Non-Repetition Commission (CEV) is one of the transitional justice mechanisms contained in peace agreement signed between Colombian government Revolutionary Armed Forces Colombia (FARC) guerrilla 2016. CEV mainstreams gender ethnic differential approaches also first to actively deploy intersectionality as a framework approach violence committed against women groups. article draws on decolonial intercultural perspective analyze challenges that faces make visible Indigenous women’s experiences agencies during armed conflict. Based participatory research conducted with Arhuaco Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta produce report CEV, shows methodological gaps exist memory Truth Commission’s framework. argues strategy confront political dynamics within communities marginalize processes further deepens these contributes invisibilize their voices this scenario.