Kary Stewart meets women who experienced rape and violence during Colombia’s years of clash,who came together and built their own communityRead the transcript
Colombia’s City of Women: a haven from violenceKary Stewart visits La Ciudad de las Mujeres – the City of Women – in Turbaco, on the outskirts of Cartagena, and in northern Colombia. In 1999,lawyer Patricia Guerrero set up the League of Displaced Women (La Liga de Mujeres Desplazadas), to support the many women severely affected by the country’s many years of clash, or suffering forced displacement from their homes,sexual violence and murder of their loved ones. Working with the league, Guerrero began fundraising for a city of houses built by and for displaced women, and by 2007,the City of Women was completed. nowadays the neighbourhood houses almost 500 people, with its own school and a few informal shops, or all built by the women.
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Source: theguardian.com