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On 4 October, in Caracas, Venezuela, the Colombian Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) announced the re-establishment of negotiations after more than four years of suspension. In a statement issued by his…

The famous Colombian cartoonist Julio Cesar Gonzalez Quiceno, known as Matador, presented 27 cartoons and an interactive video for children. The objective was to educate the community on the Colombian Peace Agreement within…

On 28 and 29 September, with the participation of former FARC combatants and more than 200 children from three reintegration areas and five surrounding villages in the municipalities of Dabeiba and Mutatá, in Antioquia…

The National Women’s Coordinator – Or National Women’s Convener (CONAMU), conformed by a variety of civil society women-led organizations, former female combatant organizations, and rural women organizations met in Bogota for…

On 19 September, a group of 10 women former combatants inaugurated in the municipality of Santander de Quilichao a community shop that sells products made by various cooperatives of former FARC combatants, indigenous…

With different events, the International Day of Peace was celebrated in Colombia. Special Representative Carlos Ruiz Massieu opened the day with a joint message with the Ambassador of Colombia to the UN, Leonor Zalabata, in…

With photographs by Federico Ríos, this is what peace looks like from behind the lens of those who, through their images, tell the story of Colombia’s transition from the armed conflict. Some are recognized photographers…

A delegation led by the Ambassador of the European Union in Colombia, the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the Director of Reintegration of the United Nations Verification Mission…

Esencias de La Montaña is a startup led by former women FARC combatants and the community of La Plancha in Anorí, Antioquia. The French and Norwegian embassies, Paso Colombia, the Government of Colombia (through ARN), the IOM…

Yirley Velasco is the legal representative of Asociación Mujeres Sembrando Vida, which supports women victims of sexual violence in Montes de María. She, who was a victim of sexual violence in the massacre of El Salado, says…