“Greetings from Cal! You may remember in October we wrote to you about the Escuela’s first outreach programme in the small village of Santander de Quilichao, in the North Valle del Cauca. We’re very excited about the programme as it is our first attempt to reach women in rural areas and give them the chance [...]
Archive: 2006
Outreach Programme
07 November 2006The Files of Silence
31 October 2006“We have been working with a researcher tasked with recording the silent history (‘files of silence’) of female Colombian ex-combatants. The transition of women bearing arms back into civilian life is built on silence. The war is seen as an exclusively masculine arena, meaning that the role/history of women has been counted neither in figures [...]
