The defense of sexual and reproductive rights of indigenous women of Colombia in UNO

In Colombia rules since 1991 a new Constitution that recognizes, on the one hand, the multicultural character of the nation and, on the other one, the equality of women and men. Thus, it tends to produce a boundary between social categories, which discourages the exercise of the rights of the Indige...

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Fecha de publicación:
2015
Institución:
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Repositorio:
RiUPTC: Repositorio Institucional UPTC
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uptc.edu.co:001/15788
Acceso en línea:
https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/derecho_realidad/article/view/7844
https://repositorio.uptc.edu.co/handle/001/15788
Palabra clave:
Collective action
indigenous women
sexual rights
Colombia
Union Nations Organization.
Acción colectiva
mujeres indígenas
derechos sexuales
Organización de las Naciones Unidas.
Rights
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Derechos de autor 2015 Derecho y Realidad
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Summary:In Colombia rules since 1991 a new Constitution that recognizes, on the one hand, the multicultural character of the nation and, on the other one, the equality of women and men. Thus, it tends to produce a boundary between social categories, which discourages the exercise of the rights of the Indigenous female citizens. To remedy this legislative gap, in 2012, a local association of indigenous women’s human rights proposed to strengthen the alliance between the indigenous women of the country, around its first shadow report, which was presented to the Union Nation Comitee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CoEDAW).