Colombia trying to curb mass teen pregnancy with social media offensive
Colombia is running a social media campaign to curb the country’s huge child and teenage pregnancy rate that stands at 408 births per day.
Colombia is running a social media campaign to curb the country’s huge child and teenage pregnancy rate that stands at 408 births per day.
Hundreds of women gathered in Colombia’s second largest city Medellin on Wednesday to protest against gender-based violence and to demand truth, justice and reparations for female victims of violence.
Women’s rights groups in Colombia are pressing their country’s government to investigate cases of sexual violence committed by the military and its now-defunct paramilitary allies.
Six Nobel Prize winners, led by America’s Jody Williams, wrote a letter supporting the action being taken by five organizations demanding that victims of sexual violence in Colombia be guaranteed…
Colombia celebrated its first National Day for the Dignity of Women Victims of Sexual Violence on Monday in an attempt to bring attention to the sexual violence suffered by women as a…
Almost 5,300 Colombian girls under the age of 14 were pregnant in the first 10 months of 2014. The vast majority of these girls were the victim of sexual abuse,…
Violence against women is more prevalent in Colombia than any other Latin American and Caribbean country, a study by the Pan American Health Organization shows.
Colombia’s northwestern Antioquia state has canceled funding for the popular Miss Antioquia beauty pageant and –under the leadership of the governor’s wife — put that funding in a talent show for young women.
Some Colombian villain stories end in a spectacular calamity as criminals lose their edge for beautiful women who guide them straight to the hands of authorities.