On 24 November 2016, the final peace accord was signed between the Colombian government and the guerrilla Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo (Farc). Internationally, this is considered one of the most comprehensive peace agreements ever achieved. Unprecedented in arriving at this agreement was the establishment, early on, of a gender sub-commission at the talks in Havana. Due to the work of this sub-commission, the final peace accord has a strong gender focus in each of its chapters. This, alongside formal mechanisms set to guarantee the participation of civil-society, and the work of Colombian women’s civil-society organisations (CSOs), ensured an influential and pervading gender focus in the peace accord. This article focuses on the work of the gender sub-commission and the support given to it by women’s CSOs and social actors; however, it should be recognised that the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the guarantor countries also played a key role.End of preview - This article contains approximately 1252 words.
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