gender inequalities, socio-cultural or economic that affect them, but also assimilated to all
temporary legislative and administrative actions, consistent with the purpose of remedying
situations of disadvantage or exclusion and discrimination of a group, in some aspect of their
life.(Greenwalt, 1983). 1 (pastor murillo, las medidas de acción afirmativa o medidas especiales: para
reparar las injusticias históricas y la discriminación) – Alfonso Ruiz, Miguel (1994 77-83 discriminación
inversa o igualdad.
To point out some significant experiences of positive or affirmative action in my country:
Women's Empowerment through strengthening of organizational expressions
and networks at local, regional and national levels (even in the midst of discrimination
and threats), from there, day to day advances in the application of positive /
affirmative actions to force local and national governments to address the women, as
example the opening of Secretaries for women's Affairs in local government
institutions.
The Law on Quotas to guarantee the participation of women, at least 30%, in
scenarios of politics and bodies to life. This action seeks to recognize amend the
imbalance experienced and still experience women compared to men in terms of
opportunity for leadership and political will; and it makes the judgment enforceable by
C371, with which the gate opens to recognition women as subjects of law, with full
powers to access areas of political and social power.
Differentiated policies for access to placements quotas in colleges and
universities, through quotas that are approved and promoted by the training centers;
and scholarships and loans for undergraduate and specialization that promote the
state entities through special funds granted by the ICETEX (Colombian Institute of
Technical Studies Abroad). However, the results today indicate that such policies are
not being applied and there is no follow-up in schools and especially in private
universities; and with respect to ICTEX credits, generally they lack sufficient funds to
meet demand, as well as the high level of the requirements end up limiting access of
young people and Afros and Indigenous to the credit.
In this context, and from other side, the social movement of Afro-Colombians, and especially
the African women, more specifically located in the Caribbean region, have agreed today that
a priority is the defense to stay in the ancestral territory which claims respect for rights such
as, Prior Consultation; participation in the modification of Land Management Plans; Titration
of the Collective Territories, and the strengthening of the Community Councils as their own
and autonomous bodies of the ethnic people of African descent as the recognition given by
Law 70 of 1993.
It is inconceivable that while in scenarios like these, we are reflecting on the principle of
equality and non-discrimination in cities like Cartagena, the Afro communities and within
women especially. They (women) are fighting under unequal conditions of participation and
decision of policies that affect them negatively to the point of placing them on the edge of