3. Clarification

Robeyns, Ingrid

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“…To identify the differences between female and male ex-combatants of the FARC-EP, it is precise to point out the conversion factors. Robeyns (2017, p. 43) defined them as “the factors that determine the degree to which a person can transform a resource into a functioning.” Using Sen's example, people can have the same resource, a bicycle; however, if one does not know how to ride, has a disability, there are no roads to ride on, or riding in certain places puts her integrity at risk, she will present greater difficulties in her capability of mobility. Thus, the (un)balance of capabilities, structural inequalities, and systemic oppressions allow us to understand choices, practices, and effects on women's lives.…”

Section: Breaking Gender Regulations: Challenges With Reincorporationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Secondly, are there differences in the reincorporation process compared to male counterparts? I will use the capability approach to identify the set of liberties, and the real opportunities they have to foster their human development (Nussbaum, 2000; Robeyns, 2011, 2017). As Martha Nussbaum argues, women have all too often been treated as the supporters of the ends of others, rather than as ends in their own, therefore, international political and economic thought must be sensitive to gender difference as a problem of social justice.…”

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Feminization of Female FARC-EP Combatants: From War Battle to Social-Economical Struggle

Lopera-Arbeláez

2022

Journal of Peacebuilding & Development

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Women combatants of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP) participated in the Colombian peace process at different stages, at the negotiation table, at the signing of the agreement, and in the implementation of the accords. However, the process of reincorporation into civil society also produces new roles that do not appear in the Peace Agreement. Once they lay down their arms, FARC-EP women want to enjoy all human rights and expand their freedoms. But the societies that receive them have structural flaws in the way they are treated. They are acquiring, adapting, or resisting gender regulations, not widely available in the armed group. Based on qualitative fieldwork, this research aims to expose functionings and real capabilities, in the light of dimensions of reincorporation. Further evaluations of achievements and limitations suggest that female FARC-EP ex-combatants face greater barriers, burdens, and gaps than their male counterparts. These refer to unpaid domestic and care work, and gender-based violence and discrimination.

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Section: Breaking Gender Regulations: Challenges With Reincorporationmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Feminization of Female FARC-EP Combatants: From War Battle to Social-Economical Struggle

Lopera-Arbeláez

2022

Journal of Peacebuilding & Development

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“…Aside from the emphasis on individual agency, the capability approach considers the importance of resources and contextual factors and how they can be transformed into opportunities. These transformations are impacted by conversion factors, which are often categorised into three groups (Robeyns, 2005 , 2017 ): (a) personal conversion factors relate to the unique qualities of the individual such as health, sex, or education; (b) social conversion factors, on the other hand, derive from society and can include social norms, public policies, social hierarchies, and power relations associated with class, gender, race, or caste. Finally, (c) environmental conversion factors stem from the physical/built environment in which a person lives and considers factors such as climate, pollution, built infrastructure, and landscape.…”

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“…The capability approach has pushed scholars to emphasise that an individual’s agency is dependent not only on the resources available to them but also on their personal circumstances and socio-environmental contexts. By viewing well-being through the capability approach, it is the individuals that determine what a good life means to them and what choices they make to realise this within their personal, societal, and environmental contexts (Robeyns, 2017 ; Sen, 1999 ). What is important to note is that the capability approach can be seen as a framework of thought that can be further specified through theory (Robeyns, 2003 ).…”

Section: The Capability Approachmentioning

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‘We may be long in the tooth, but it makes us tough’: exploring stillness for older adults during the COVID-19 lockdowns

Osborne

Meijering

2021

Social & Cultural Geography

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Following the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 across the world in 2020, millions of people were reduced in their mobility to hinder the spread of the disease. The lockdown was particularly difficult for older adults, who were deemed 'vulnerable' because many felt unsafe leaving the house and often forced to self-isolate. In this paper, we interpret the lockdowns as a period of prolonged stillness: breaks from everyday practices, including withdrawnness, inefficiency, and retreat. We extend ideas of stillness by integrating the capability approach, which shows how the opportunities and challenges that arise from moments of stillness are dependent on a combination of individual agency and the role of structural or contextual factors. Using the accounts of thirty-eight older adults in the Netherlands and England, we show how the COVID-19 lockdowns established and encouraged different types of stillness which had differing impacts upon the older adults' lives. The effect of the prolonged stillness on these different areas of everyday life is based on individual agency and contextual factors, such as choosing to volunteer or having an adequate internet connection. Thus, our findings contribute to discussions around active ageing and demonstrate that slowing down, and spending more time at home, can provide respite from an otherwise active everyday life.'Puede que seamos viejos, pero eso nos hace fuertes': Explorando la quietud de los adultos mayores durante los encierros de emergencia por el COVID-19 RESUMENTras el brote del SARS-CoV-2 en todo el mundo en 2020, la movilidad de millones de personas se redujo para evitar la propagación de la enfermedad. El encierro fue particularmente difícil para los adultos mayores, a quienes se consideró 'vulnerables' porque muchos se sentían inseguros al salir de la casa y, a menudo, se vieron obligados a aislarse por sí mismos. En este ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Dignity and autonomy are viewed as cross-cutting outcomes within and across these ten capabilities (Burchardt and Vizard, 2011). Other capability lists have been proposed, debated and used in the literature (for an overview, see Robeyns, 2017).…”

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Older people's experiences of dignity and support with eating during hospital stays: analytical framework, policies and outcomes

Vizard

Burchardt

2021

Ageing and Society

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There is growing recognition of the importance of dignity and support with eating as markers of high-quality and older-person-centred hospital services. We use data on these markers from the national Adult Inpatient Survey for England to build up statistical evidence on older people's experiences. We find that poor and inconsistent experiences of being treated with dignity and respect, and of receiving support with eating, affect a substantial proportion of inpatients across the vast majority of acute hospital trusts. There has been remarkably little change over time, although small improvements provide some grounds for optimism relating to policy developments in the period following the Francis Inquiry. Amongst people over 65, the prevalence of inconsistent and poor experiences of dignity and support with eating was higher amongst the ‘oldest of the old’ (inpatients aged over 80), individuals who experience a long-standing limiting illness or disability, and women. The highest rates of prevalence were observed amongst disabled women over 80. Perceptions of inadequate nursing quantity and quality, and lack of choice of food, stand out from logistic regression analysis as having consistent, large associations with lack of support with eating. These factors provide potential policy levers since they are within the control of hospitals to a certain extent. In drawing lessons from our analysis for inspection, regulation and monitoring, we highlight the importance of inequalities analysis – including systematic disaggregation and separate identification of at risk sub-groups (e.g. older disabled women) – rather than relying on a ‘population average approach’.

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3. Clarification

Cited by 22 publications

References 147 publications

Feminization of Female FARC-EP Combatants: From War Battle to Social-Economical Struggle

Feminization of Female FARC-EP Combatants: From War Battle to Social-Economical Struggle

‘We may be long in the tooth, but it makes us tough’: exploring stillness for older adults during the COVID-19 lockdowns

Older people's experiences of dignity and support with eating during hospital stays: analytical framework, policies and outcomes

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