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The document aims to contribute to the discussion on the implementation of the right to restitution for women victims of the Colombian armed conflict. To this end, the paper presents a diagnosis of the main difficulties in the Colombian context. Additionally it presents specific proposals that show the importance of incorporating into restitution public policy sensitive approaches to the various forms of discrimination that affect them and which may constitute real barriers to the satisfaction of law.

The document is a joint construction that reflects the articulation of several organizations working directly with women victims of violence in the context of armed conflict in Colombia. In particular, it collects the work results carried out in the regions by: the Popular Women’s Organization (OFP), the Colombian Women’s Initiative Partnership for Peace (IMP), the Corporation Sisma Women, and Narrating for Living, as operator of the Network of Women in the Montes de María. Dejusticia made the drafting of the document from the inputs provided by these organizations.

Its aim is to contribute to the reparation debate in Colombia and, in particular, to emphasize the importance of designing, implementing, and evaluating public policy in the subject with a gender emphasis. This is, recognizing that in the armed conflict there have been forms of violence directed against women and the need to satisfy women’s rights.

The document aims to contribute to the debate on how to face the atrocities committed in the context of armed conflict in Colombia. In order to do this, it presents a theoretical proposal by which it aspires to enrich the dominant approach in the field of transitional justice through: i) the inclusion of perspectives sensitive to the differential effects of violence in the lives of victims, including gender, and ii) a better articulation between the processes from above and the realities and local initiatives.