Posts Tagged ‘Program for strengthening – Colombia’
“A person with autism does not live in their own world”: 13 years breaking down stigmas
Sebastián is co-founder of the Colombian Autism League (LICA) and also a person with autism or autism spectrum disorder. Being part of the organization has allowed him to break down prejudices associated with people with autism and, instead, empower their autonomy and self-determination.
Read MoreBeing a feminist organization is quite a challenge in Riohacha
The work for nonviolence and gender equality in Riohacha (La Guajira), led by a group of women from this city, went from being a citizen campaign to becoming the Evas y Adanes Association, an organization that is committed to education and strategic communications to transform the machismo typical of La Guajira into inclusion and equality.
Read MorePintadillo con primitivo: women who preserve black tradition in Caquetá
Caquetá is thought of as an indigenous department, but it also has a black population. Many came to work as teachers in the 1980s, when coca was such a lucrative business that few wanted to do anything else and school teaching positions remained unfilled. Today, the Ubuntu Afro-Amazonian Women’s Network Foundation, made up largely of these teachers or their daughters, seeks to resist new threats from within its tradition.
Read MoreAn organization that supports the Awá
The Nariño-based organization Corporación Chacana has sought to work toward the empowerment of indigenous communities in the area, especially the Awá, an ethnic group in danger of extermination due to the violence of the armed conflict.
Read MoreThe fight for racial justice through data and litigation
ILEX Acción Jurídica is an organization led by Afro-Colombian women lawyers working to realize the rights of black and Afro-Colombian populations in the country.
Read MorePowerful Baruleras
The resistance struggles of the people of Barú are now joined by the leadership of a group of women who are organizing to talk about sex education. Their activism contributed to the reduction of teenage pregnancy from 18 to 4 cases between 2018 and 2019.
Read MoreAnzorc: more than 20 years fighting for peasant dignity
In the complex process of creating and consolidating peasant reserve areas, the National Association of Peasant Reserve Areas (Anzorc) has played a key role. Here is a brief overview of its history. A history of tenacity and courage.
Read More“I lost my only son, but I gained many more”: Alba Lucía Reyes
The suicide of her only son, Sergio Urrego, as a result of bullying he experienced from the administrators of the school where he studied, led Alba Lucía Reyes to create the Sergio Urrego Foundation in 2015, focused on the prevention of suicide among children and young people and on non-discrimination in schools, a fact that made her a recognized “activist mom” for the rights of children and young people.
Read More“May the forest survive, and so may we”: the gamble taken by farmers in Caquetá
The farmers of the Caquetá foothills dream of turning their territory into the second largest Peasant Reserve Zone in the country. This would help them protect their mountains from extractivism and obtain the land that has been denied them.
Read MoreAsdown: The freedom to choose a fulfilling life with a disability
According to DANE, there are more than 1.4 million people with intellectual disabilities in Colombia. This group faces the odyssey of fighting against prejudice and myths. However, a hopeful vision leads many families to choose an inclusive society.
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