15,076 people have been victims of sexual violence during Colombia’s armed conflict between 1985 and 2016, with the impunity rate for the crimes exceeding 90%, according to a publication by…
Almost 876,000 women were subjected to sexual violence in Colombia between 2010 and 2015, according to a study that was released on Thursday. The shocking figure revealed by the survey…
Months after observers of a ceasefire between Colombia’s government and FARC guerrillas reported a soldier had raped an 11 year-old-girl, on Monday they reported a FARC guerrilla had tried to rape two…
Two sex abuse cases made public on Monday have shocked Colombia and highlighted a steady rise in the sexual abuse of minors, particularly girls between 10 and 14. A three-year-old girl died…
“The worst thing is that you can’t have a baby,” Andrea told Human Rights Watch when we interviewed her in 2002. Andrea was describing her time as a 11-year-old girl…
At least one woman is raped every day on average in Colombia as a result of ongoing acts of sexual violence committed in the context of the country’s armed conflict.
Reports of violence and discrimination against Colombia’s LGBT community have been steadily increasing in recent years, according to the country’s Human Rights Office.
Her voice cracking and hands trembling, Adriana holds up a silhouette she has drawn of her body in front of 33 other rape survivors sitting in a circle at a…
Days after reporting that a Bogota bus driver had been sexually assaulted while on duty, Police from Colombia’s capital said Monday the assault was invented by the alleged victim to seek…