Time Is Running Out to Implement the Gender Approach: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities Six Years After the Colombian Final Peace Accord’s  Signing

Echavarria, Josefina; Samira Fajardo Farfán, July; Vásquez, Mateo Gómez; Giancola, Mariana Balen; Forero Linares, Brenda; Pulido, Enrique Gutiérrez; Joshi, Madhav; Kielhold, Allison; Márquez Díaz,, Jaime; Menjura Roldán, Tatiana; Cristina Pérez, María; Quinn, Laurel; Quinn, Jason; Ramírez Rincón, Ángela; Ortiz, Natalia Restrepo; Robayo Corredor, Alejandro; Contreras, Ana María Rodríguez; Rojas Bernal, Nicolás; Sáez Flórez, Cristian; Serrano Idrovo, Carolina; García, Ivonne Zúñiga

doi:10.7274/0z708w35r0b

Time Is Running Out to Implement the Gender Approach: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities Six Years After the Colombian Final Peace Accord’s Signing

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posted on 2023-05-26, 00:00 authored by Josefina EchavarriaJosefina Echavarria, July Samira Fajardo Farfán, Mateo Gómez Vásquez, Mariana Balen Giancola, Brenda Forero Linares, Enrique Gutiérrez Pulido, Madhav JoshiMadhav Joshi, Allison Kielhold, Jaime Márquez Díaz,, Tatiana Menjura Roldán, María Cristina Pérez, Laurel QuinnLaurel Quinn, Jason QuinnJason Quinn, Ángela Ramírez Rincón, Natalia Restrepo Ortiz, Alejandro Robayo Corredor, Ana María Rodríguez Contreras, Nicolás Rojas Bernal, Cristian Sáez Flórez, Carolina Serrano Idrovo, Ivonne Zúñiga García

This report presents a rigorous, evidence-based analysis of the process to implement the Colombian Final Peace Accord’s gender commitments, covering the December 2021–November 2022 period. It presents the implementation status, gaps, achievements, outstanding challenges, and opportunities that could lead to increased levels of implementation of the gender approach. The report includes a special emphasis on analyzing commitments tied to rural women and LGBTQ+ people in all their diversity. In preparing this report, the Kroc Institute followed the methodology it developed to monitor the Final Accord’s implementation. This methodology includes the identification of 578 stipulations, understood as concrete, observable, and measurable commitments laid out in the text of the Final Accord. Of these total stipulations, 130 were characterized as gender stipulations because they (a) include actions to ensure the prioritization of women and LGBTQ+ people in programs related to Final Accord implementation; (b) encourage the leadership and participation of women and LGBTQ+ people in certain bodies or implementation processes; (c) address issues such as structural discrimination and the disproportionate impact of the armed conflict on women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people; and (d) guarantee equitable access to Final Accord programs and benefits. The 130 gender stipulations are organized into four core areas of analysis in this report: (a) rural transformation, (b) participation guarantees and Final Accord implementation mechanisms, (c) security guarantees and reincorporation, and (d) victims’ rights. To develop each core area, the Kroc Institute’s team drew upon individual and collective interviews and conversations with more than 20 organizations, people, and institutions involved in implementing the gender approach, as well as drawing from the team’s process of reviewing and analyzing Final Accord implementation sources.