Lo siguiente es un capítulo del informe de ABColombia “Hacia un cambio transformador: las mujeres y la implementación del Acuerdo de Paz colombiano”. El informe completo está disponible en español y en inglés aquí. Las mujeres indígenas quieren la paz, pero no de cualquier forma, o de manera incompleta. Para nosotras, la paz significa garantías...
Indigenous and Afro-Colombian citizens living in Chocó are living in the midst of a continuing conflict despite the ongoing Peace Process with the FARC Guerrilla. Armed neo-paramilitary and Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional (ELN) guerrilla groups continue in the region and are fighting for control of illicit economies. Communities have been reporting an increase in the...
ABColombia, together with the Coalition for Human Rights in Development and alongside more than 200 other groups and organisations, has signed an open letter to states and development financiers on the need to ensure that development interventions support the realisation of human rights, safeguard Human Rights Defenders and guarantee meaningful public participation. You can sign...
On 8 March 2018, International Women’s Day, ABColombia pays tribute to all the courageous Human Rights Defenders it works with and those who have been killed for defending the rights of others. Colombian women defenders come from all walks of life; they are indigenous and afro-Colombian women living in remote areas, trade unionists, internally displaced...
Two environmental human rights defenders were shot in Cajamarca, Tolima on Friday 28 July 2017. The two environmental defenders working for the Young Peoples Social and Environmental Collective of Cajamarca (Colectivo Socio-Ambiental Juvenil de Cajamarca – COSAJUCA) were shot at and narrowly escaped being injured or killed in Cajamarca on Friday, 28 July 2017. COSAJUCA...
