El impacto de ver a las mujeres como predominantemente constructoras de paz
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Universidad Técnica Nacional (Costa Rica)
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Desde la adopción de la Resolución 1325 del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU en 2000, el papel de la mujer en la consolidación de la paz ha sido objeto de creciente atención en la política y la investigación internacionales. La resolución reconoce el impacto desproporcionado de los conflictos en las mujeres y pide una mayor participación de éstas en todos los aspectos de la consolidación de la paz. Si bien esto ha supuesto un paso importante hacia la igualdad de género y la promoción de los derechos de la mujer, únicamente en contadas ocasiones se han evaluado las repercusiones de estas ideas ampliamente aceptadas sobre su papel en los conflictos. Esta investigación analiza cómo el hecho de centrarse exclusivamente en las mujeres en su condición de constructoras de la paz ha repercutido en diversas iniciativas que buscaban este logro, obstaculizando así que la misma fuese sostenible. El objetivo principal es conocer cómo se ha "exagerado" el papel de la "mujer" en la construcción de la paz en un intento de promover su participación en dichos procesos. Esta investigación evalúa críticamente las narrativas hegemónicas que han configurado en gran medida el activismo de paz de las mujeres; para ello, se ha empleado el análisis discursivo y hermenéutico
Since the adoption of UNSCR 1325 in 2000, the role of women in peace building has gained increasing attention in international policy and research. The resolution recognizes the disproportionate impact of conflict on women and calls for their increased participation in all aspects of peace building. While this has been an important step towards gender equality and promoting women's rights, the impacts of these generally accepted notions of women's roles in conflict have rarely been assessed. This research analyzes the extent to which a predominant focus on women as natural peacebuilders has impacted various peace initiatives thus hindering sustainable peace. The main objective is how ‘woman’ has been overstated in peace building in a bid to promote women's participation in peace processes. This study is a critique of the mainstream narratives that advocate for women's peace activism. It has therefore used hermeneutic and discourse analysis in an attempt to deconstruct women's natural pacifism.
Since the adoption of UNSCR 1325 in 2000, the role of women in peace building has gained increasing attention in international policy and research. The resolution recognizes the disproportionate impact of conflict on women and calls for their increased participation in all aspects of peace building. While this has been an important step towards gender equality and promoting women's rights, the impacts of these generally accepted notions of women's roles in conflict have rarely been assessed. This research analyzes the extent to which a predominant focus on women as natural peacebuilders has impacted various peace initiatives thus hindering sustainable peace. The main objective is how ‘woman’ has been overstated in peace building in a bid to promote women's participation in peace processes. This study is a critique of the mainstream narratives that advocate for women's peace activism. It has therefore used hermeneutic and discourse analysis in an attempt to deconstruct women's natural pacifism.
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Peace-builders, Perpetrators, Sustainable peace, Constructores de la paz, Perpetradores, Paz sostenible