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This article aims to understand the contribution of technical and technological education in the generation of employment and entrepreneurship, as important elements in local development, by evaluating the effectiveness of the program Universidad al Barrio in the District of Barranquilla. This is achieved under a mixed approach of both documentary analysis and interviews with some of the main actors, to assess the effectiveness of the program from its coverage, quality, employability, and entrepreneurship. Results show that the program achieves high levels of coverage and employability in young people from low socio-economic levels, however, it has great challenges in terms of quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article explores elements of masculine subjectivity and identity based on interviews with men from median and low income groups whose spouses pressed charges against them with the Family Commissioners (comisaría de familia) of Bogota. Based on the post-structuralist tradition in social sciences and pro-feminist studies about masculinities, the article examines the significances and representations of the men about the occurrences of intrafamilial violence, in the context of the negotiation of homes in front of family judges. The article points out properties of the accounts related to everyday practices that represent a tactical character in the negotiation of the representation of self, and are codified expressions of cultural constructs that configure the relationships between intrafamilial violence and masculinity. It is shown how intervention processes in matters that traditionally were reserved for private consideration, have allowed to evidence the ambivalence of masculine identities to get rid of the stigma of having been reported and consolidate images that result in accordance with hegemonic patterns of representation and power. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Colombia today is a country of increasing violence, militarization and human rights abuse. The cultural construction of identities here has been shaped by widespread domestic violence, which overlaps with other expressions of social and political violence. The recent state response has sought through mechanisms of protection and conciliation to end the violation of human rights in the sphere of domestic life without involving the family in penal processes. This article reports findings of the problematic of this response, which is grounded not only on working through conciliation in cases of human rights abuse but also on a lack of consideration of the gender identities and cultural constructions surrounding domestic violence. Any intervention by the authorities is critical not only by the overwhelming demand but by their own perceptions, values and cultural images which render intervention problematic as interpersonal violence takes place in private life. The research is being conducted in Bogotá through a sample from cases of family conflicts brought to Family Commissaries Offices and through personal interviews. The aim is to assess the effectiveness of the protection and conciliation processes of the Law against Domestic Violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]