New Colombia-FARC peace deal keeps focus on gender
After weeks of reopened negotiations between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Havana, rights groups are celebrating the decision to keep the original...
View ArticleNo tech needed: Skin-to-skin contact for premature babies saves lives and has...
Continuous skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding benefit premature children more than incubator care, according to a new study from Colombia. Those gains do not disappear over time. The world's oldest...
View ArticleSurge in violence against activists amid Colombia peace deal
Attacks are on the rise against Colombia's left-wing activists, indigenous leaders and members of the Patriotic March party amid a landmark peace agreement to bring an end to more than 50 years of...
View ArticleFARC ‘abortion nurse’ to be tried for crimes in Colombian court
Spain has agreed to extradite to Colombia a former FARC rebel who prosecutors said performed hundreds of forced abortions on minors and indigenous members of armed groups, often in late stages of...
View ArticlePeace deal in Colombia gives way to killings of rights defenders, U.N. says
Dozens of human rights defenders have been murdered in Colombia by gangs fighting for spoils and control since the nation ended its decades-old civil war late last year, the United Nations said on...
View ArticleDirect Relief sends $32 million to Colombia, Peru amid catastrophic flooding
Direct Relief has contributed $32 million in medical resources for Colombia and Peru, where historic flooding and mudslides have killed hundreds of the region's most vulnerable people and displaced...
View ArticleWar-torn Colombia needs to reintegrate world’s highest rate of displaced...
According to the latest statistics from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Colombia has the most internally displaced persons (IDP) in the world, with more than 6 million individuals --...
View ArticleColombia: The painstaking process to remove landmines, restore security
After decades of armed conflict, Colombia is the second most densely mined country in the world. Handicap International is one organization working remove the landmines to prevent disability and...
View ArticleColombia’s indigenous suspend peace process talks
Indigenous groups in Colombia this week suspended the process of prior consultation related to the implementation of the peace deal with the FARC, saying that the government has not shown a genuine...
View Article60,000 teachers on strike in Colombia to demand education reform
Sixty thousand public school teachers gathered on the streets of the Colombian capital on Tuesday to demand reforms in an education system plagued by poor funding and inequitable access. Experts say...
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