Unemployment among women in Colombia is almost 70% higher than among men, numbers released by the Vice President show. According to Vice-President Marta Lucia Ramirez, the unemployment rate for men in…
Photos of women in bikini promoting the candidacy of Colombia’s former vice-president triggered another major controversy on Friday, just weeks before the May 27 presidential election.
Colombia must do more to increase the number of woman in Congress, which continues to be dominated by men, according to the United Nations. Since 2011, at least 30% of…
As the world commemorates Women’s Day, Colombia continues to wrestle with extreme levels of violence against women. A study by the Faculty of Law at the Free University released on Wednesday…
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…
In spite of increased violence against women, almost three quarters of Colombia’s senators failed to show up to debate measures to curb the growing tragedy. The debate had been called…
The police department of Colombia’s third largest city, Cali, has come under fire after a video emerged of a cuffed woman undressing in front of cheering cops. The video was…
Colombia’s health minister on Wednesday raised the national controversy bar, announcing on national TV he was an atheist, saying he would pursue legal abortion and challenging the moral validity of Christianity. Health Minister…