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“Decolonised Education and the Breaking of ‘Non-Spaces’: The Women’s Prison in Santas Vainas, Esmeraldas (Ecuador)”

Authors
Guadalupe Gómez Abeledo1, *, Hugo Bone Guano1, Belén Amador Rodríguez1
1Universidad Técnica “Luis Vargas Torres” de Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas, 080101, Ecuador
*Corresponding author. Email: guada.gomez@utelvt.edu.ec
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Guadalupe Gómez Abeledo
Available Online 22 October 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-868-4_28How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Women’s prison; Narco-Warfare; Educational Rights
Abstract

This article explores the idea of respect within a non-space: Santas Vainas Women’s Prison. In an era marked by narco-warfare, a tool called Creation of a Virtual/Face-to-Face Support Classroom for Access to Luis Vargas Torres Technical University in Esmeraldas (PPL) was deployed to challenge organic and structural colonisation within the prison system. This was based on an ad hoc methodology. Field collaborators included eighteen incarcerated women, seven lecturers from the Luis Vargas Torres Technical University in Esmeraldas (UTLVTE), one from the University of Jaén (Spain), and a Social Work student writing their thesis. The project targeted Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5, along with Goal 4 as a cross-cutting element, delivering lifelong education with a focus on structural peace to achieve both. The absence of peace, both inside and outside prison, contributed to the erosion of educational rights and in turn a future (re)production of vulnerability. Access to higher education was subject to the conditions established by UTLVTE.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies 2025 (ICOMTA 2025)
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Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities
Publication Date
22 October 2025
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978-94-6463-868-4
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2667-128X
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10.2991/978-94-6463-868-4_28How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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