False Dichotomies of Transitional Justice: Gender, Conflict and Combatants in Colombia
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INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 R I. WHAT IS TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 R II. EXAMINING TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE WITH A GENDERED LENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 R A. False Dichotomy Between “Conflict” and “PostConflict” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 R B. Public & Private Dichotomies in Transitional Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 R C. False Dichotomy Between Victims and Perpetrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 R III. CONFLICT, GENDER AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN COLOMBIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 R A. Overview of the Colombian Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 R B. Women as Combatants in Colombia . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 R 1. False Dichotomy Between “Conflict” and “Post-Conflict”: Sexualization of Conflict Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 R 2. Female Combatants: Transitioning Between the Public and the Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 R 3. Victims and Perpetrators: Why Colombians Become Combatants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 R IV. EFFECTS OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE ON COLOMBIAN FEMALE COMBATANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 R
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