Lessons learned to promote the justiciability of the right to food

  • María Teresa Carreño Bustamante Universidad de Manizales
  • Valentina González Universidad de Manizales
  • Mateo González Universidad de Manizales

Abstract

This article is the result of socio-juridical research with a qualitative approach and critical social methodology, which incorporated some elements of participatory research, which led to the intersection of collective action and juridical action, propose as a problem and result the lessons learned for promote the justice of the right to food for communities in vulnerable situation from the analysis of agency capacity, participation and political and legal empowerment of women head of family from the municipality of Manizales.

In the first place, the local environments and dynamics of the women heads of family of the municipality of Manizales are described, in agency key and participation in the defense of the right to food, in second place the practices and forms of organization are identified as strategies of agency, In the third place, the state interventions that have been carried out in these communities are identified to find the lessons learned to promote justiciability of the right to food. Finally, it is concluded that the state intervention supported by public policies that unfold the regulations, achieves processes of empowerment in women heads of family, processes that require greater coverage and strengthening of participation.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21017/Rev.Repub.2019.v26.a65

Author Biographies

María Teresa Carreño Bustamante, Universidad de Manizales

Doctora en Ciencias Sociales, Niñez y Juventud. Magíster en Educación y Desarrollo Humano. Abogada. Docente titular de la Universidad de Manizales e investigadora sénior reconocida por Colciencias hasta mayo de 2019.

Valentina González, Universidad de Manizales

Magíster en Desarrollo Sostenible y Medio Ambiente. Abogada, docente investigadora de la Universidad de Manizales, Departamento Caldas, Colombia.

Mateo González, Universidad de Manizales

Administrador de Empresas. Magíster en Comunicación de arte y moda, Instituto de Moda, en Milán, Italia. Investigador invitado Universidad de Manizales.

Published
2019-06-28
How to Cite
Carreño Bustamante, M., González, V., & González, M. (2019). Lessons learned to promote the justiciability of the right to food. The Republican Journal, (26), 191-212. Retrieved from https://urepublicana.edu.co/ojs/index.php/revistarepublicana/article/view/521
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