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Objective/context: This article identifies the profiles of candidates who are more likely to report acts of electoral violence during the 2022 legislative elections. To this end, we define the concept of electoral violence, review national and international literature on the phenomenon, and identify two relevant aspects as risk factors. First, we look at identity-related characteristics such as age, sex, and ethnic background of the candidates. Second, we explore characteristics related to their political standing, for example, identifying as a left-wing candidate. Methodology: To conduct the analysis, we used a survey of 512 candidates for legislative elections designed by the authors and implemented in collaboration with the Electoral Observation Mission (MOE). With this data, we performed linear regression models to identify the characteristics of candidates associated with different forms of electoral violence reported during the campaign. Conclusions: We found that identity factors, particularly being a young candidate, a woman, and from an area affected by the armed conflict, are associated with reporting acts of electoral violence. Surprisingly, we did not find a statistically significant association with candidates who identified themselves as left-wing, as claimed by national and international literature on the subject. This finding is preliminary because the sample has an underrepresentation of candidates from ideological extremes; therefore, this result should be explored more deeply in future research. Originality: Although studies on electoral violence are abundant, few focus on the candidates. This is the first time in Colombia that a survey has been conducted with candidates that investigates forms of electoral violence that go beyond physical violence, such as psychological, economic, and sexual violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective/Context: Gender and the role of women have become central concerns when analyzing armed conflict and peace transitions. Colombia has not been the exception. How has gender research and activism evolved at the intersection of armed conflict and peacebuilding in Colombia? Methodology: Based on a detailed review of academic and official literature, complemented by 27 interviews with individuals from academia, the public sector, activism, and civil society, we identify some of the most significant moments, dilemmas, and milestones in this evolution. Conclusions: First, we show how scholarly production and activism related to gender have been deeply marked by the armed conflict, which has made it possible to draw attention to the specific experiences of women in war but hindered the emergence of topics outside the needs and agendas of the context of war. We observed that conversation around gender, conflict, and peace reflects and deepens old discussions on the center and the periphery: conversations on gender seem different and distant at the level of capital cities and other regions. Finally, it was possible to observe the impact of international agendas on intellectual production and activism. The panoramic vision offered by this article seeks to contribute to the state-of-the-art on this topic in Colombia and the visibility of a field under construction in which gender, armed conflict, and peacebuilding intersect. Originality: Unlike other research on gender studies in Colombia, we not only conducted a documentary and bibliographic analysis but also focused our findings related to the experiences and reflections of people, mainly women, who have worked and led this field, as well as on their biographies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]