"When we women speak out, without showing fear, we pay a high price: living with that fear," says one peace activist in Colombia. "The threats will not stop us from working for peace and social justice," says another.
Their voices echo those of the many Colombian women -- peasant farmers, indigenous and black women, and mothers of victims of forced disappearance -- who have mobilised for peace and to fight impunity in a country that has suffered a half-century of armed conflict between leftist guerrillas, government forces and the far-right paramilitary groups that joined the fray in the 1980s.
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"When we women speak out, without showing fear, we pay a high price: living with that fear," says one peace activist in Colombia. "The threats will not stop us from working for peace and social justice," says another.
Their voices echo those of the many Colombian women -- peasant farmers, indigenous and black women, and mothers of victims of forced disappearance -- who have mobilised for peace and to fight impunity in a country that has suffered a half-century of armed conflict between leftist guerrillas, government forces and the far-right paramilitary groups that joined the fray in the 1980s.
To read the complete news please visit IPSNews.