Abstract (eng)
In regard to the increasing relevance of raw materials for the energy transition, the question about the impacts of extractivist activities on people and societies is becoming more and more relevant. Colombia, which was marked by armed conflict until 2016, is pursuing such an extractivist development model. In this context, the appropriation of lands and resources through mining activities was one of the main causes of structural violence in the Colombian conflict and continues today. In particular, the number of gender-based acts of violence against women continues to rise in the post-conflict context. Building on these observations, this thesis addresses the consequences of extractivist-oriented development policies interacting with structural inequalities in post-conflict Colombia for gender-based violence against women. This question is addressed from a feminist political economy perspective and complemented by post- / decolonial approaches. The latter allows to think about the intersectionality to race. Methodologically, this work was based on a transdisciplinary and iterative research process. The analysis shows that the extractivist development model uses and needs a capitalist economic model to function. The structural inequalities inscribed within it in terms of gendered violence are thus constitutive. At the same time, extractivism produces new insecurities that can lead to acts of violence against women. Thus, there is a reciprocal relationship that can also be described as a cycle between extractivist-oriented development policies, structural inequality, and gender-based violence against women. This cycle significantly influences the number of acts of gender-based violence against women in the post-conflict context of Colombia.