Latin American Turn on Gender-Based Violence: Contributions from Afro-Colombian Perspectives

• Grant number: 24/18541-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: March 03, 2025
• End date: August 02, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Law - Public Law
• Principal Investigator: Ana Gabriela Mendes Braga
• Grantee: Luciana de Freitas
• Supervisor: Laura de La Rosa Solano
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais (FCHS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Franca. Franca , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UN), Colombia
• Associated to the scholarship: 22/14125-9 - On the Patrol of Justice: cartography of urgent protective measures in Ribeirão Preto/SP, BP.DR

Abstract

The proposed research internship focuses on the study of gender-based violence in Colombia, adopting an intersectional and decolonial approach to understand how the intersections of race, gender, class, ethnicity, and other social markers affect the implementation of protection policies for women in situations of violence. The study is justified by the relevance of exploring the Colombian context, marked by significant racial and historical diversity, with an emphasis on the violence faced by Black and Indigenous women. The theoretical framework is based on intersectional and decolonial feminisms, drawing on authors such as Lélia Gonzalez, Sueli Carneiro, María Lugones, and Mara Viveros Vigoya, who critique coloniality and the hegemonic feminism that excludes non-white and marginalized women. The research will use a qualitative methodology, involving a literature review on gender-based violence from an intersectional perspective, focusing on protection policies for women and their impact on Afro-descendant and Indigenous communities. Academic exchange with the National University of Colombia, under the supervision of Professor Laura De la Rosa Solano, and participation in local research groups will enrich the analysis, providing a plural and intersectional understanding of gender-based violence. Thus, I propose a Latin American turn to analyze the possible contributions of Afro-Colombian perspectives in studies of gender-based violence that guide the original research, considering this theme alongside other forces that overlap simultaneously, such as urban geography, race, and class, as well as colonial and neocolonial processes that must be contextualized within a historical, political, and global narrative.