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Basics

By Lisa Nikolau7 June 2017

60,000 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 reducing inequities in education will be critical to breaking Colombia’s historical cycle of violence and civil war, which was recently halted in a peace deal.

World Politics

By Lisa Nikolau26 May 2017

Colombia’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 desire to include them in matters related to ethnic development.

Basics

By Lisa Nikolau1 May 2017

Colombia: 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 restore security in the country’s most vulnerable communities.

Basics

By Lisa Nikolau18 April 2017

War-torn Colombia needs to reintegrate world’s highest rate of displaced citizens

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 — more than 13 percent of the national population — registered as of last year. As Colombia begins the implementation of its newly achieved peace deal, many experts have highlighted the urgent need to reintegrate millions of the country’s displaced people and refugees.

Basics

By Lisa Nikolau7 April 2017

Direct 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 hundreds of thousands more.

Human Rights

By Reuters17 March 2017

Peace 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 Thursday, urging better protection for activists.

World Politics

By Lisa Nikolau31 January 2017

FARC ‘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 pregnancy.

World Politics

By Lisa Nikolau18 January 2017

Surge 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 civil war.

Global Health

By Tom Murphy21 December 2016

No tech needed: Skin-to-skin contact for premature babies saves lives and has long-term benefits

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 technology is the best way to help premature babies immediately after birth and it has long-lasting benefits.

World Politics

By Lisa Nikolau15 November 2016

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 gender focus in a new, revised peace agreement.

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