Women’s Participation in a Postconflict Community in Peru

Abstract

The impact of the internal armed conflict in Peru (1980-2000) was felt in many regions in this South American country, and especially in rural regions such as the Southern Andean province of Cotabambas in the Apurímac department. This article describes and analyzes the actions and results of a community mental health project in this area that aimed to address the conflict's aftermath. The intervention used participatory strategies to identify the communities' prioritized problems, established actions appropriate to the cultural characteristics of the population, and implemented creative and recreational initiatives that responded to communities' needs. Based on democratic dialogue, horizontal relations, and reciprocity, the targeted communities became protagonists in the process of psychosocial transformation that fostered individual and collective exercise of rights, individual human development, and democratic community building.

Reconstructing theory in mental health and psychosocial support and peacebuilding: Towards an integrated model for psychosocial peacebuilding

“…As such, it aligns closely with LP theory (Fals‐Borda & Rahman, 1991). It has also been used effectively in other conflict‐affected contexts, albeit not with a psychosocial peacebuilding focus (Ley & Barrio, 2011; Life & Peace Institute, 2016; Espinoza et al, 2015).…”

Aportes y reflexiones de la formación en psicología comunitaria PUCP en tres regiones del Perú

“…En este contexto de posconflicto armado interno, la CVR (2003) plantea la necesidad de intervenciones centradas en enfoques comu nitarios, las cuales incluyen diagnósticos participativos, propuestas consensuadas y dialogadas, campañas de impacto social, experiencias de reconstrucción de memoria histórica, proyectos de creatividad y arte, entre otras (Custodio, Rivera-Holguín, Seminario, Arenas & Urruchi, 2015;Velázquez & Fernández, 2015), a fin de favorecer el reconoci miento, la identidad cultural, el sentido de pertenencia comunitario, la identificación y revalorización de los recursos y capacidades locales.…”