Women have been the major victims of the Colombian armed conflict for more than 50 years. Nowadays, when the country faces an aftermath focused on reconciliation, understanding women’s experiences during the conflict is key to providing them tools for social justice and effective fulfilling of their needs. This qualitative synthesis of literature includes publications in Spanish and English of electronic databases over the past 20 years regarding rural women and the Colombian armed conflict. Studies were included for review if they were published between 2000 and 2019, were qualitative peer-reviewed articles, and addressed directly or indirectly the pregnancy process as well as the women’s sexual and reproductive health in rural Colombia. Seven of 169 articles initially identified were included for an inductive analysis of categories and themes. After the analysis process, three main themes emerged from the literature: (a) crumbling families, (b) being a woman: the challenges between being a peacemaker and a victim, and (c) protecting and caring of life. These three themes comprise 10 categories and 20 subcategories that provide support to the inductive qualitative synthesis. This review provides a comprehensive synthesis of the Colombian armed conflict focused on the victimization of women. It concludes with reflections about the Colombian women’s role in transitioning toward peace.

This commentary examines the impact of multi-level racism on reproductive health disparities in the United States. Multi-level racism and its impact on reproductive health over the lifespan are described on a societal, community, and individual level. To advance, we recommend using the Remove, Repair, Restructure, Remediate (R4P) approach combined with the Retrofit, Reform, and Reimagine (3R) model to address multiple forms of racism. Emergent policies and actions are identified to proceed towards health equity.

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Objective To analyze the concept Art of Caring and expand its conceptualization in the Nursing discipline. Methods A conceptual analysis in Spanish and English was developed based on the steps proposed by Walker and Avant. Findings Five principal historical stages of development of the concept were identified. Attributes, antecedents, consequences, and cases are provided. An analogy is proposed to illustrate this concept through the representation of a four‐dimensional figure (tesseract). Conclusions Art of Caring embeds the core disciplinary nursing knowledge. Exploring this concept leads to a broad perspective of Nursing and the act of caring, with the potential of uniting the discipline globally. Implications for nursing practice With the increasing use of Nursing knowledge in different languages, the global understanding of its foundations is key for advancement of the discipline. This concept analysis provides tools to help nurses to understand and be understood regardless of linguistic differences.