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The office will cover the department of Valle del Cauca, focusing on the municipalities with the largest reintegration population and security challenges. It will also cover the departments of Caldas, Quindío, and Risaralda…

A group of 32 women in reintegration from various regions in the country set up the “Women’s Market for Peace Building” with support from the UN Verification Mission in Colombia and UNDP. The products produced and promoted by…

Fabiola Nastacuás lives in the former Territorial Area for Training and Reintegration -TATR of La Variante in Tumaco, Nariño, in southwestern Colombia. She left the life of the jungle behind and is now the mother of two…

Almost a year after taking office as mayor of Turbaco (Bolívar), Guillermo Torres (Julián Conrado) talked about political reintegration and the challenges he has faced as the first former combatant to win a municipal office…

Former FARC combatants from various municipalities in the Caribbean Coast, their children, and neighbours of the community are trained in strategic and digital communication with the support of the UN Verification Mission and…

The Museum Casa de la Memoria was the stage for the commemoration of the International Day of Peace in this city, where the Mothers of La Candelaria, Farc's former women combatants, and the music of Ekhymosis were the…

During two meetings organized by the UN Verification Mission in Dabeiba, Antioquia, the dialogue was fostered, and women were trained in the production of handmade soaps. In La Llorona Canyon, Dabeiba, in western Antioquia, a…

A pilot initiative is being carried out in the mountains of Cauca in Southeast Colombia which will allow people in remote areas to connect with the world. Amid the current pandemic, former FARC-EP combatants, indigenous…

Launch of lessons learned study From words to actions: The experience of UN Special Political Missions in Colombia on Women, Peace and Security High-Level Event for 20th Anniversary of UNSCR 1325 Presented by: United Nations…

Event hosted by the Government of Colombia: "Two Years of the Implementation of the Peace with Legality Policy: a Commitment with Actions" Remarks by Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary…

A group of 20 people from the La Plancha community, in Anorí Antioquia, who are preparing for reintegration, is carrying out a beekeeping project, with support from Paso Colombia, and Sena. The UN Verification Mission in…

Since quarantine was decreed in Colombia, numbers of gender-based violence have increased. Just in Nariño, between January and May 2020, 584 cases of violence against women have been reported, according to data issued by the…