Sanando el territorio cuerpo, territorio tierra como respuesta a las violencias basadas en género vivenciadas por niñas y adolescentes

Abstract

This research project entitled: Healing the Territory Body-Territory Earth as a response to gender-based violence experienced by girls and adolescents arises from a chain of events that leads us to question the role of women imposed on us by the system, society and family as a categorical imperative (Kant). Therefore, and wanting to make visible this social imposition that is evident in the daily narratives of girls and adolescents, we opened a space for reflection in which we could feel safe and free to express ourselves without prejudice, both researchers and girls and adolescents participating in the process, and thus, undertake a path of healing and collective consciousness, paying more attention to these gender violence that have been camouflaged in the "normality". The research project Territorio Cuerpo, Territorio Tierra is named after Lorena Cabdal, co-founder of the community-territorial feminist movement in Guatemala and of the Red de Sanadoras Ancestrales del Feminismo Comunitario Tzk'at (in the Mayan Quiché language). She finds a direct relationship between the historical exploitation of women 's bodies, girls and Mother Nature. Therefore, this research begins by studying various theoretical positions present in this document such as: Ecofeminism, Community Feminism, Territory Body - Territory Earth, Childhood, Culture, Adolescence, Gender Violence, Rituals, Language and Narratives. To this end, 9 girls and adolescents between 10 and 16 years old participated in the development of the research. Through 4 ritual encounters, they identified, reflected and came from their narratives to recognize the language, discourse and knowledge of each one of them. We hope that more and more women will be conscious and empowered to decide about ourselves and our bodies without overriding the rights of others and of nature, and that our actions will be ecologized.