The historic 2016 peace deal in Colombia between Farc, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, and the government ended 52 years of armed conflict, the longest in the Americas. Notably the accord included LGBTQ people in a formal peace process for the first time ever. It has shifted global understanding of what an inclusive peace process means.
Colombia shows that ‘queering’ a peace process can be done
By broadening feminist representation in peacebuilding to include LGBT voices, Colombia is redefining intersectionality, writes Jamie Hagen.
The World Today
Published 2 June 2023
Updated 9 June 2023 — 3 minute READ
Image — The Pride march in Bogotá in July, 2017. Colombia has broken ground by including the voices of sexual and gender minorities in its civil-war peace process. Photo: Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty images.
