This is main reason why Blanca Nubia Diaz has spent over 30 years working for justice and truth for the victims of the armed conflict in Colombia. Continue reading “The struggle has made me strong… it fills me with life”
Category Archives: Women Human Rights Defenders
The sacrifices of a leader, wife and mother
Iris has only been working with the Regional Corporation for Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS) for a year. Continue reading The sacrifices of a leader, wife and mother
From a commitment to small-scale farmers to political leadership
Doña Irene Ramirez represents one of the largest organisations of family farmers, Continue reading From a commitment to small-scale farmers to political leadership
Between the jungle and the city
On the shores of the River San Juan near a dense jungle that links the Valle del Cauca and Choco, there is a small Wounaan Nonam indigenous village, called Santa Rosa de Guayacan. Continue reading Between the jungle and the city
The women of Puente Nayero
Lola and her parents came by sea on a canoe to get to Buenaventura and the journey lasted eight days. Continue reading The women of Puente Nayero