Hearings related to woman’s reproductive and gay rights with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) were postponed Friday due to the Colombian government’s absence. According to newspaper El Espectador,…
The horrific experiences of women during the paramilitary occupation of a little town called El Placer in southwestern Colombia have been collected and published in a report in honor of…
Prominent lawyers from Colombia’s inspector general’s office quit after being ordered to change their comments on abortion, reported local media Friday. Inspector General lawyers Ilva Myriam Hoyos and Maria Eugenia…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday ordered the country’s inspector general to rectify claims opposing abortion and the use of the morning-after pill. The court gave Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez 48…
A new law demanding harsher punishment for violent crimes against women was introduced in Colombia’s Congress Wednesday. The severe penalties of the “Rosa Elvira” law will condemn violators of feminicide,…
Although Colombia seems to have a number of the right policies for improving gender equality, structural challenges and slow uptake risk making equality a distant goal. Colombia has come a…
Sparked by the brutal rape and murder of a woman in Bogota’s central park, hundreds of people took to the streets in Colombia’s capital Sunday to protest violence against women.…
The use of female circumcision is increasing the number of deaths of young girls in indigenous communities, said the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) said Thursday. The practice…
A 15-day-old baby from an indigenous tribe in western Colombia has died after her clitoris was removed in a banned ancestral practice, reported Radio Caracol Monday. The infant, who died…