Colombia

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Claudia López, a gay politician who advertises herself as "incorruptible", has become the first woman to be elected mayor of Colombia's capital, Bogotá.

Observers say female candidates systematically threatened with physical, sexual violence to deter them from running.

The body of mayoral candidate Karina García was found shot and incinerated in her car in the Cauca department of southern Colombia, 

In Colombia’s southern province of Putumayo, a group of women is stitching together social fabric despite an alarming number of ongoing threats and acts of violence against them.

Last week, the new President of Colombia, Iván Duque, swore in his vice president, Marta Lucía Ramírez.

She is Colombia’s first female vice president.

Colombia is to get its first female interior minister with women heading other key ministries including justice and energy

By Anastasia Moloney

OpenDemocracy has published the following report in defense of grassroots women crisis responders.