Searching for Women and Sustainable Development in Columbia: Restructuring the Limits

This journal article analyses the role of women in sustainable economic development within the Columbian agricultural industry. The article is comprised of three parts.  Part I outlines the relationship between sustainable agricultural development and gender equality. Part II describes how the impact of the Columbian government’s progressive laws are limited by social and cultural gender dynamics. Part III presents the author’s recommendations. Specifically, it recommends the implementation of a Victims Law institutional framework designed to increase female land rights.