Colombia State Council orders extra attention for women and children in conflict
Colombia’s State Council on Thursday ordered authorities to grant special reparation to female and underage victims of the country’s ongoing armed conflict.
Colombia’s State Council on Thursday ordered authorities to grant special reparation to female and underage victims of the country’s ongoing armed conflict.
One in five girls in Colombia get pregnant before reaching 18 years of age, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) claimed in a report released this week.
A Colombian mayor got himself into massive trouble after claiming his town had no prostitutes “because the women are very hot and do not need to get paid.”
Women’s rights supporters on Saturday marched through Bogota for the right of women to behave and dress as they like, drawing a thousand protestors. {japopup type=”image” content=”pics/2013/gallery/putax/1.jpg” title=”Candidates for International…
Colombia’s constitutional court on Wednesday granted compensation to a woman who was imprisoned in the home of a former military official for 12 years working as a domestic slave. The…
The Colombian government on Thursday announced strong new measures to support women who have been the victims of violence. The two new decrees, tax breaks for companies that employ…
There is widespread impunity and lack of adequate protection for crimes against Colombia’s displaced women, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday. “Approximately two million internally displaced women and girls face…
Women are needed, not only in the home, but also at the negotiating table, to achieve peace. Decisions made without women not only are less likely to include consideration of…
The Colombian government is planning to propose Congress to approve legislation that would allow a “broad decriminlization” of abortion, the country’s Justice Ministry said Thursday. Abortion is currently only legal…