Resiliencia en una mujer víctima de abuso sexual en el marco del conflicto armado colombiano

Abstract

In the context of the Colombian armed conflict it is possible to evidence different stages and nuances that the role of women had, from the experience during the conflict and their participation in the post-conflict. Some of the factors which thousands of women have been affected during the armed conflict are the sexual violence (using their body as a war tool) understanding that this context is permeated by different events such as forced displacement, either as a requirement of the armed actors in the environment or the perpetrators of sexual assault Therefore, this research will address sexual violence as the main theme.

In addition, the violence generated during the Colombian armed conflict calls to inquiry against the prevalent factors which enhance the resilient abilities in a woman victim of sexual abuse inside this framework to continue her life, allowing her to locate from those resources to enhance as a leader, evidencing that they have the ability to create communication links in the desire to not be dejected by the war, and then to reach the creation or the participation in organizations of victims from conflict, in order to work for their rights as women and as victims. Many of them, with the ability to become social leaders, defenders of their rights and thus, demand a path that allows a country which the violence will not be its main reference.