In the project “The Significance of Political Organization and International Law for Displaced Women in Colombia: A Socio-legal study of Liga De Mujeres, Julieta Lemaitre (Associate Professor of Law at Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, PRIO Global Fellow and Robina Foundation Visiting Human Rights Fellow, Yale Law School), Kristin Bergtora Sandvik (Senior Researcher at PRIO and Director of the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies) and a team of graduate students have explored the importance of political mobilization and organization for the protection of the human security of internally displaced women in the period 2010-2013.

A major output of the project is four collaborative case studies in Spanish, describing the best practice organization Liga de Mujeres Desplazadas, the mobilization of indigenous women, the shift from displacement to victimhood as the focus for grassroots organizing, and the legal and theoretical paradigms through which we can make sense of legal and political grassroots mobilization in the midst of ongoing violence.

The four case studies can be found on the website of Justicia Global or through the links below.

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Lemaitre Ripoll, Julieta; López, Eva Sol; Mosquera, Juan Pablo; Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora; & Gómez, Juliana Vargas (2014) [De

desplazados a víctimas. Los cambios legales y la participación de la Mesa de Víctimas de Mocoa, Putumayo. [Displaced victims. Legal changes and involvement of the Bureau of Victims of Mocoa, Putumayo.]](http://www.prio.org/Publications/Publication/?x=7494), PRIO Report, 8. Colombia: Universidad De Los Andes (Justica Global).

Lemaitre

Ripoll, Julieta; Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora; Villalba, Luz Estella Romero; Arias, Ana Manuela Ochoa; Villegas, Valentina González; & Mahecha, Sandra Vargas (2014) Defensoras de derechos humanos Tres estudios de casos de ONG y su respuesta al desplazamiento forzado [Human rights defenders, Three studies of NGO's and response to forced displacement], PRIO Report, 9. Colombia: Universidad De Los Andes (Justica Global).

Lemaitre Ripoll, Julieta; Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora; & Gómez, Juliana Vargas (2014) [Organización

comunitaria y derechos humanos. La movilización legal de las mujeres desplazadas en Colombia. [Community organization and human rights. Legal mobilization of displaced women in Colombia.]](http://www.prio.org/Publications/Publication/?x=7492), PRIO Report, 10. Colombia: Universidad De Los Andes (Justica Global).

Lemaitre

Ripoll, Julieta; Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora; López, Eva Sol; Mosquera, Juan Pablo; Gómez, Juliana Vargas; & Guerrero, Patricia (2014) Sueño de vida digna” La Liga de Mujeres Desplazadas: Estudio de caso en mejores prácticas de organización de base para el goce efectivo de derechos. [Dream about a decent life. The League of Displaced Women: A Case Study of best practices organization based on the full enjoyment of rights], PRIO Report, 7. Colombia: Universidad De Los Andes (Justica Global).