A gender critique of the demobilization process in Colombia.

This paper focuses on how the current demobilization process of former paramilitary groups in Medellin (Colombia) is built on and (re)produces traditional gender roles. It inquires about the different ways in which this particular security discourse - as part of the Colombian strategy in the global war on terrorism - informs national and international state practices which legitimate and safeguard fixed gender identities. Amongst them we find conventional gender roles, attitudes, behaviour, expectations and interests. By looking at this particular case, I will highlight on which type of assumptions about gender, peace and violence the Colombian expression of the war on terror is built, carried out and multiplied. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]