The first child soldiers this year were released by Colombia’s demobilizing Marxist FARC rebels, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The ICRC reported that “various boys and girls”…
Colombia’s largest left-wing rebel group, the FARC, will release 170 child soldiers, the country’s Defense Minister said Thursday. The Ministry of Defense confirmed that 100 boys and 70 girls would be…
Hostilities in Colombia have displaced or otherwise disrupted the lives of more than 250,000 children since peace talks began three and a half years ago, the United Nations children’s agency…
Some 86% of forensic examinations associated with sex crimes in Colombia are carried out on minors, according to UNICEF.
The sexual exploitation of children in Colombia is most prevalent in the country’s tourist hotspots, according to UNICEF Colombia.
Dutch actress Nicolette Van Dam resigned from her position as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador after receiving massively negative public blow-back over re-Tweeting an offensive post aimed at Colombia’s soccer team,…
Colombia and Ecuador are pushing the UN to include child development and early education policies in the UN’s successor program to the Millennium development goals, reported local media and government…
UNICEF has announced Colombia’s first national youth program for peacebuilding, jointly launched with the Colombian government and Bogota’s Santo Tomas university, which aims to provide Colombian youth tools for building peace in…
Colombia government trained 8,680 people in risk protection methods against landmines this week in the western states of Choco, Nariño, and Tolima.