Voices of women and diverse women in the La Victoria Public Library

Abstract

In Public Libraries, the memory of the women- in particular diverse women- is a vital element to the collective construction of the local identity. There for, women voices are a very important historical element in the time of the change, especially in this moment when the country is building a peace process. That is why, orality is the symbol of the liberty, equality and autonomy; thus, the library is a meeting place and a rights scenario, because the people to the fourth location of Bogotá (San Cristóbal), need to build speeches from the women and diverse women -victims or not of the violence-, and to use the knowledge in a social perspective of transformation. This is the point from The Public Library La Victoria and other social actors, (for instance District Women's Secretariat and Collective Archipiélago), are together in a work plan, trying to change the reality of the women and the diverse women in the territory; thorough reading, writing, culture, exchange of knowledge, debates and other participation mechanisms from the library as such. This experience show the work that library had done since 2015, in order to get that women and the diverse women empower themselves, using their voice to build local memory.