Thousands of Colombians march in Bogotá to support the peace agreement with the FARC. Photo: Nélson Cárdenas/SIG/dpa. All rights reserved.
On November 14, the National Government and the FARC-EP published the final version of the Peace Agreement, after the initial proposal was rejected in the referendum and a quick review process was necessary. In this context, the gender focus remained at the centre of the debate given the insistence of different religious and political sectors on changing the content and scope of it.
The Christian sectors, for example, insisted that the gender focus should be replaced with a focus on women's rights, eliminating mentions of concepts such as "sexual diversity", "sexual orientation" and "gender identity", and that the "family approach" should be incorporated in defence of the traditional husband-and-wife family. These proposals are closely related to the debates that have taken place in Colombia since the Constitutional Court approved same-sex marriage and recognised other rights such as adoption and creating diverse families.
