La Paz es "Ser Campesina": Women and Environmental Peacebuilding in Rural Colombia after FARC Demobilisation
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- Organized by Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences and co-sponsored by WGGP, CLACS, and ACES
- Location
- 306 Coble Hall, 801 S Wright St Champaign 61820
- Date
- Oct 1, 2024 3:00 pm
- Speaker
- Dr. Luz Angela Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Rural and Regional Development at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Columbia.
- Cost
- Free and open to the public
- Contact
- McKenzie Johnson
- mfj3@illinois.edu
- Views
- 151
- Originating Calendar
- Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity
Dr. Luz Angela Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Rural and Regional Development at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia.
Trained as an environmental economist, Dr. Rodriguez' current research focuses on the role of gender in environmental
peacebuilding in post-conflict rural Colombia. She earned a Ph.D. in Environmental Policy from Duke University and a master's in Environmental Economics and Natural Resources from Universidad de Los Andes. She has extensive experience conducting research on collective action around natural resources in Colombia and Mexico.
This is Part 1 of the series on Women Environmental Defenders and Climate Change in the Amazon.