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South America
Within this sub-region, PeaceWomen is currently monitoring 2 countries (Peru and Colombia). South America is home to countries of high (Chile 45) to medium (Paraguay 96) levels of human development, in addition to many emerging post-conflicts countries. According to the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI), countries in South America rank from 29 (Argentina) to 85 (Brazil,) with Peru at 60 and Colombia at 55.
For information on National Action Plans for SCR 1325 in the region, please click here.
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News
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January 31, 2012 (Global Room for Women)
COLOMBIA: Internally Displaced Women in Colombia Organize Themselves to Secure their Rights to Housing, Education and Health Care Internally displaced women in Colombia are organizing themselves to secure their rights to housing, education and health care. But along with this come threats, violence and dissatisfied husbands. Is it worth it? -
January 26, 2012 (TrustLaw)
COLOMBIA: Colombia unveils tough steps to tackle violence against women Colombia has unveiled plans for new laws to tackle high levels of violence against women, in what is being billed as the Andean nation's most important initiative in decades to tackle the widespread problem. -
January 19, 2012 (Spiegel Online)
SOUTH AMERICA: Women Take Power in Brazilian Government Wherever you look in this white marble palace, there are female ministers, female advisers, female experts and female undersecretaries. Only the waiters and the security guards in the entrance hall are men. Thanks to President Dilma Rousseff, everything else at government headquarters is firmly in female hands. -
December 16, 2011 (Trust Law)
COLOMBIA: Breaking the Taboo of Sexual Violence in Colombia When journalist Jineth Bedoya stood outside the gates of Bogota's maximum-security La Modelo prison one morning nearly 11 years ago, little did she know that the visit would mark her life and convert her into a household name. The Colombian reporter was there to interview an infamous inmate, a paramilitary warlord, as part of a newspaper investigation that delved into the shady links between the government and right-wing paramilitary groups. -
December 6, 2011 (BBC News)
PERU: Women Fight for Justice on Forced Sterilisation Peru's government has reopened an investigation into a controversial birth control programme of sterilisation. The announcement has brought fresh hope to the many women and men who feel their rights were violated. "You give birth like pigs or hamsters!"
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Resources
- First Survey of Prevalence, Sexual Violence Against Women in the Context of the Colombian Conflict, Campaign Rape and other Violence: Leave my Body Out of War, 2011 | Download PDF
- Strengthening Colombia's Transitional Justice Process by Engaging Women , The Institute for Inclusive Security, March 2011 | Download PDF
- Violencia Sexual en contra de las Mujeres en el Contexto Del Conflicto Armado Colombiano, Oxfam , December 14, 2010 | Download PDF
- Indigenous Women's Access to Justice in Latin America, Rachel Sieder and Maria Teresa Sierra, 2010 | Download PDF
- Listen to their Voices and Act: Stop the Rape and Sexual Abuse of Girls in Nicaragua , Amnesty International , November 29, 2010 | Download PDF
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Initiatives
- Delegation to Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala, Other, Nobel Women's Initiative, January 18, 2012
- Urgent Action: Keila Esther Berrio Almanza Assasinated, Member Of The League Of Displaced Women In The Municipality Of Turbaco Bolivar, Colombia, Statements, , July 22, 2011
- RESEARCH: Qualitative Study To Tell The Stories Behind The Numbers About Women And HIV In Latin America, Research, , April 29, 2011
- MEETING: UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet Visits Panama, Conferences & Meetings, United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), April 15, 2011
- ANALYSIS: Do Women Gain from EU-Latin America Cooperation?, Online Dialogues & Blogs, , April 10, 2011
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