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Elena Di Dio

The status of women in Peru is improving thanks to reforms

In Peru, as in most Latin American societies, gender equality is obstructed by the so-called machismo. Although women can enjoy basic rights, such as the right to vote and to own property, there is a cultural and sociological factor in the structure of communities that hinders the emancipation of women in all areas of society. The phenomenon of machismo, which is widespread throughout the continent (but also in the rest of the world), is identifiable in the literacy rate, in

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The Shia Family Law and other violations of women’s rights in Afghanistan

The history of the origins of modern Afghanistan has seen, especially in the last century, a fluctuating trend in the rights of women, who have been granted and revoked personal freedoms according to the various political scenarios – sometimes modernist, sometimes traditionalist – that have been established in the country over the years. Generally speaking, we can say that in Afghanistan, as in other Muslim majority countries, women are considered inferior and complementary to men both in the public and

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The status of women within the peace transition process in Colombia

In the context of the civil war and the resulting transition to peace that is taking place in Colombia, women have taken on a far from marginal role. Both as protagonists and as victims of the violence, Colombian women have certainly influenced the course of the conflict, and thus have actively carved out a space, for themselves, at the peace negotiation table. This result has been achieved mainly thanks to the contribution of decades of debates and analysis on the

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The events of 2019 and their impact on the war in Colombia

In Colombia, the transitional phase that sees the incessant civil war acquiesce towards peace knows an abrupt halt during 2019, just three years after the signing of the bilateral agreement. What are the new obstacles standing in the way of the peace agreement between the government and the revolutionary armed group FARC – EP? To answer this question, we need to take a step back. Colombia entered the new millennium in a situation of great instability. The guerrilla groups that

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The conflict in Colombia: story of the soldier who fights for the truth

Today is the beginning of December, but the heat shows no sign of letting up. I am in Colombia, where I’ve come to write my master’s thesis and, by chance or fate, I’ve met M.: a soldier in the national army who has discharged himself after six years of service. At that unforeseen meeting at the swimming pool, he was immediately intrigued by my obvious European background. Since then, he has often come to the apartment I share with other

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Petare, Venezuela: the most violent slum in the world

Dulce Nombre de Jesús de Petare is the full name of the suburb east of Caracas in Venezuela, known as one of the most populated slums in the world. Precisely, with its 369 000 inhabitants, Petare occupies the seventh place in the world ranking, second only to Neza-Chalco-Itza, (Mexico) in all of Latin America. Petare, like many other slums in the world, is composed of an informal and precarious housing conglomerate, located on the fringes of a metropolis (in this

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