Powerful interventions by feminist groups won unprecedented and far-reaching recognition of women’s rights in the agreement between government and FARC rebels, which ended 50 years of conflict. Maria Eugenia Cruz Alarcón explains why she will continue to defend Colombia’s peace accord – at all costs.
When they called on me to testify at the peace talks in Havana I had to keep it from my family. It was a ‘state secret’, because Colombia is so polarized; there are many who want the war to continue and so speaking out as a victim is risky. Leer más...