ABColombia welcomes you to join us for the launch of this report on Tuesday 26 November 2024 in the IPU Room in the Houses of Parliament, Cromwell Green Entrance. This is a FREE Event but please reserve your ticket here.

The report will go live at 17:00 on Tuesday 26 November on the ABColombia website.

Peace negotiations, like the historic Peace Accord between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP in 2016, have attempted to bring an end to decades of violence and recognise inequality and exclusion. Despite this, repeating patterns of violence continue to be seen in the ongoing conflict in Colombia and are now being embedded in the domestic sphere, in the communities, and in the everyday lives of women.

Sexual and gender-based violence continues to be used against those women who speak out in defence of their rights in an effort to punish, silence and limit their political power. Between 2022 and March 2024, 42 women human rights defenders (WHRDs) were killed in Colombia. The loss of a WHRD sends a frightening message that hinders the emergence of new women leaders. The extreme cruelty seen in the killings of WHRDs – because they are women – is mirrored in attacks and killings against members of the LGBTQI+ community, where particularly cruel violence is used against them.