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Four out of ten Colombian women will suffer from gender-based violence (GBV) within their lifetime, and Colombian girls represent 73% of the sexually abused women. These statistics get worse in marginalized communities in which, as a result of the internal armed conflict and the war on drugs, violence against women has been perpetuated by all the armed actorsthat use it as a habitual, extensive, systematic, and invisible practice. Colombia has strong laws against GBV. However, yet nothing to little is known about how Afro-Colombian women perceive safety in their own communities or their ideas on how to prevent violence. There is likewise a knowledge gap on how GBV is linked to environmental degradation, or how to build women’s capacity as environmental and social leaders in a heavily male-dominated society. The role of Afro-Colombian women in violence prevention and security is not being advanced.
Tumaco (Nariño) Fuente: El Espectador
Project Goals
The main goal of this project is to advance the role of Afro and Native Colombian women as active agents in peace, security and governance, thus enabling them to articulate their perception of safety, violence, and abuse prevention in their communities, as well as building their political and civic participation capacity. Additionally, this project will provide them with tools that allow them to make informed decisions on the crucial issues affecting their lives, so they can push for a social change that leads to the creation of safe, accountable, and inclusive cities for all genders.
This project will be implemented within the underserved Colombian Pacific region, in the cities of Quibdó (Chocó) and Tumaco (Nariño). These two cities have been particularly touched by the violence in Colombia. Tumaco has the highest homicide rate of the country, reaching 70 deaths for every 100,000 inhabitants and produces 80% of the coca that leaves the country. 10% of the 7.4 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Colombia are Afro-Colombians mainly from this region. Quibdó, the capital of the province of Chocó, has had rising violence rates to unprecedented levels in the last decade, and its population has grown considerably in the last ten years.
Quibdó (Chocó) Fuente: Alcaldía de Quibdó
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