ICIP is collaborating on the project “Commission of Truth, Memory and Reconciliation of Colombian Women Abroad,” promoted by the organization Conciliation Resources, with the aim of empowering women in the Colombian diaspora in order for them to play an active role in the social and political transformation of the Colombian peace process and in host countries. The project also aims to document the impact of war and migration on women and to identify the mechanisms used to overcome these experiences.
The study, coordinated by Helga Flamtermesky, was conducted from a feminist and psychosocial approach with 200 women living in various Catalan towns to identify the subjective truth of each participant from her identity as a Colombian and migrant. The profile of participants is broad, since the project wanted to involve women who have been affected by all the forms of armed conflict in Colombia since 1965. For this reason it includes both direct and indirect victims of the conflict, as well as returnees to Colombia and immigrants. At the same time, three more teams are working with 450 women in London, Stockholm and Bogotá to collect their testimonies.
The project was presented at the Colombian Consulate in Barcelona on April 22.
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