Indigenous justice and gender violence in the Indigenous Reserve of Cumbal, Nariño

Abstract

The Cumbal Indigenous Reserve, located in the Department of Nariño, is a setting where Indigenous justice, the ancestral worldview of the Pasto people, and contemporary dynamics of gender-based violence converge. This article aims to analyze the mechanisms of Indigenous justice in the Cumbal Reserve and the challenges the Colombian State faces in guaranteeing the effective protection of the rights of Indigenous women victims of gender-based violence, as well as the implications of this problem for the transmission of ancestral knowledge.

The research was conducted using a qualitative approach, employing a socio-legal and analytical-critical method. Documentary analysis of national and international regulations, relevant constitutional jurisprudence, and specialized academic literature on legal pluralism, gender, and interculturality was used, complemented by information obtained from fieldwork carried out in the municipality of Cumbal (Nariño).

This article is the product of field research conducted in the municipality of Cumbal, Nariño, by professors and students from Cesmag University, within the framework of the project entitled: “Technical Guidelines for the Development of Public Policy with an Ethnic Focus for Indigenous Women.”