A new project, the Zuria Fundacíon, aims to launch a continental team in 2027 to enable Colombian women to race in Europe ...

For decades, women like Rosalba Canon were banned from Colombia’s emerald mines: men said they brought bad luck. Canon and others like her have spent their lives as “guaqueras,” or fortune hunters, ...

Colombia is among the most dangerous countries for environmental defenders. Yet here, women stand as frontline defenders of both nature and culture. Mongabay is documenting the women protecting ...

Local activists known as ‘comisionadas’ pose with women from Tanguí, Chocó, Colombia, at the end of a workshop in 2013. Tania Lizarazo Tania Lizarazo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County It’s ...

Women from Putumayo won a human rights award for their work and protests rejecting violence in the south Colombian department, Colombian media reported Monday. The organization ‘Weaver of Life’ which ...

For many people in Colombia, coffee is more than something to drink in the morning. It is part of the rhythm of everyday life, a reason to gather and a familiar presence at family meals, conversations ...

“My God, you also handed my son freedom,” said Patricia Cortes when she left El Buen Pastor prison on September 17, 2024. She had hoped to be able to guarantee her son’s food and health upon leaving ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Along Colombia’s Pacific coast, women belonging to the Afro-Colombian community who harvest piangüa mollusks have united in efforts to conserve ...

Women’s bodies are not spoils of war, say the women of Colombia. Credit: Intermón Oxfam ...

Large numbers of people cross the border between Venezuela and Colombia each day. Valentina Montoya Robledo, Author provided (no reuse) Many people cross the border between Venezuela and Colombia each ...