Indigenous and Rural Women's Voices: Recommendations to Address Climate Security Risks in Colombia
Publisher: DCAF
Author(s): Linda Sánchez Avendaño
Date: 2022
Topics: Climate Change, Conflict Causes, Dispute Resolution/Mediation, Extractive Resources, Gender, Land, Livelihoods, Peace and Security Operations, Protection and Access to Justice, Weapons, Waste, and Pollution
Countries: Colombia
From an ecofeminist and human security perspective, this study aims to contribute to filling this existing gap by developing actionable recommendations that can be replicated in other contexts for designing local context-specific indicators to collect evidence on the impacts of the climate crisis on rural and Indigenous women’s security conditions. It highlights local knowledge on how security is conceived of women in climate- and conflict-disrupted settings. In line with the principles of participation and responsiveness of good Security Sector Governance, this study combined face-to-face participatory methodologies to involve rural and Indigenous women living in Putumayo (Colombia), female activists, and active police officers from the Colombian National Police. The participation of police officers and rural and Indigenous women enabled reviewing and tailoring global indicators designed by international organizations with an eye to locally specific risks and mitigation strategies.