Transformations and life experiences of women and their family groups after the enforced disappearance in the municipality of Granada, Antioquia

Abstract

This article is interested in learning about the transformations that have taken place in the women and their family groups after the enforced disappearance of one or more of their members in the municipality of Granada, Antioquia. For this purpose, it was based on the experiences of three women who make up the families of this study and chose the phenomenological approach, typical of qualitative research, and narrative as a methodological strategy for approaching actors immersed in the phenomenon, highlighting stories about life experiences as a central contribution in the reflection and construction of knowledge about personal resources and capacities, support networks, bereavement processes, social and community participation. The narratives of these women made it possible to understand that people who have been affected by armed conflict are immersed in different types of losses, which involves them taking on difficult grieving processes. They are the voice of a society that has lived the absence of husbands, children and grandchildren and, in turn, are the reflection of hope and tireless struggle for reunion and memory.