Latest items for Colombia
Oct. 23, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
“Alejandra Vera, the director of Cúcuta-based feminist collective Woman, Speak Out and Move It, said the murder [of María José Estupiñán] was “preventable” but that the “state fails to act”. “The brutal murder of María José is the result of a system that normalises violence against women,” said Vera. “Colombia is facing a pandemic of femicides – every 28 hours, a woman is a victim. Each crime reflects a systematic pattern of impunity and state negligence. María José, like thousands, did what the system demands: she reported the crime, presented evidence, and asked for help. But the state let her die,” said Vera. “There are no effective protection orders, no...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
“Alejandra Vera, the director of Cúcuta-based feminist collective Woman, Speak Out and Move It, said the murder [of María José Estupiñán] was “preventable” but that the “state fails to act”. “The brutal murder of María José is the result of a system that normalises violence against women,” said Vera. “Colombia is facing a pandemic of femicides – every 28 hours, a woman is a victim. Each crime reflects a systematic pattern of impunity and state negligence. María José, like thousands, did what the system demands: she reported the crime, presented evidence, and asked for help. But the state let her die,” said Vera. “There are no effective protection orders, no...more
Oct. 23, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-1
“Colombia is facing a pandemic of femicides – every 28 hours, a woman is a victim. Each crime reflects a systematic pattern of impunity and state negligence” (para 8).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-1
“Colombia is facing a pandemic of femicides – every 28 hours, a woman is a victim. Each crime reflects a systematic pattern of impunity and state negligence” (para 8).
Oct. 23, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
“[L]aws exist to protect women in Colombia, “but they are dead letters” (para 13).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
“[L]aws exist to protect women in Colombia, “but they are dead letters” (para 13).
Oct. 23, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
“The murder of a Colombian model and influencer, now being investigated as a possible femicide, has triggered widespread outrage and renewed criticism of the country’s failure to protect women. María José Estupiñán, a 22-year-old student, model and influencer from the north-eastern city of Cúcuta, was killed on 15 May. According to the police, the suspect arrived at her house disguised as a delivery man and shot Estupiñán in the face when she opened the door. Surveillance camera footage showed the suspect fleeing shortly afterwards” (para 1-2). “Colombia is facing a pandemic of femicides – every 28 hours, a woman is a victim. Each crime reflects a systematic pattern of impunity...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
“The murder of a Colombian model and influencer, now being investigated as a possible femicide, has triggered widespread outrage and renewed criticism of the country’s failure to protect women. María José Estupiñán, a 22-year-old student, model and influencer from the north-eastern city of Cúcuta, was killed on 15 May. According to the police, the suspect arrived at her house disguised as a delivery man and shot Estupiñán in the face when she opened the door. Surveillance camera footage showed the suspect fleeing shortly afterwards” (para 1-2). “Colombia is facing a pandemic of femicides – every 28 hours, a woman is a victim. Each crime reflects a systematic pattern of impunity...more
Oct. 23, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-2
“There are no effective protection orders, no follow-up care for abusers, and no shelters with the capacity. Women are left completely unprotected, and the perpetrators know it” (para 9).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-2
“There are no effective protection orders, no follow-up care for abusers, and no shelters with the capacity. Women are left completely unprotected, and the perpetrators know it” (para 9).
Oct. 23, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1
[María José] Estupiñán had previously reported her ex-partner for domestic violence, according to women’s rights lawyers. The day before her death, a judge reportedly ruled in Estupiñán’s favour, ordering the abuser to compensate Estupiñán with 30m pesos, approximately $7,000” (para 6).
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1
[María José] Estupiñán had previously reported her ex-partner for domestic violence, according to women’s rights lawyers. The day before her death, a judge reportedly ruled in Estupiñán’s favour, ordering the abuser to compensate Estupiñán with 30m pesos, approximately $7,000” (para 6).
Oct. 23, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
“Authorities later confirmed that [María José] Estupiñán had previously been a victim of domestic violence, and that preliminary investigations point to a possible femicide, the intentional killing of women and girls because of their gender. It could be a case of femicide, since she filed several complaints for domestic violence in previous years, but that is a matter of investigation,” said Col Leonardo Capacho of the Cúcuta police” (para 4-5).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
“Authorities later confirmed that [María José] Estupiñán had previously been a victim of domestic violence, and that preliminary investigations point to a possible femicide, the intentional killing of women and girls because of their gender. It could be a case of femicide, since she filed several complaints for domestic violence in previous years, but that is a matter of investigation,” said Col Leonardo Capacho of the Cúcuta police” (para 4-5).
Oct. 23, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1
“There are 4.5 million girls and women in Colombia who married before 18 – about one in four. Of these, a million were married before they were 15, according to Unicef” (para 7). “Rates of childhood marriage in girls are about three times higher than for boys, with children living in poverty and rural or Indigenous communities particularly affected” (para 9). "It is totally normalised to make girls of 12, 13, 14 not just into wives, but into mothers” (para 11). “[M]arriages are often between girls in poverty and an older partner with economic power” (para 13).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1
“There are 4.5 million girls and women in Colombia who married before 18 – about one in four. Of these, a million were married before they were 15, according to Unicef” (para 7). “Rates of childhood marriage in girls are about three times higher than for boys, with children living in poverty and rural or Indigenous communities particularly affected” (para 9). "It is totally normalised to make girls of 12, 13, 14 not just into wives, but into mothers” (para 11). “[M]arriages are often between girls in poverty and an older partner with economic power” (para 13).
Oct. 23, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: MARR-LAW-2
"Minors were also deemed to have entered an informal marital union when they cohabited for two years” (para 6). Suggests that common law marriages to minors were legally recognized prior to the ban on child marriage in Colombia (MB Coder Comment).
Variables: MARR-LAW-2
"Minors were also deemed to have entered an informal marital union when they cohabited for two years” (para 6). Suggests that common law marriages to minors were legally recognized prior to the ban on child marriage in Colombia (MB Coder Comment).
Oct. 23, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: MARR-LAW-1
“Colombian lawmakers have approved a bill to eradicate child marriage” (para 1). “[L]egislation, dubbed They are Girls, Not Wives…prohibits the marriage of anyone under the age of 18” (para 2). “Colombia is now one of 12 countries out of the 33 in Latin America and the Caribbean to have entirely banned marriage under the age of 18, following Honduras, Puerto Rico, Mexico and the Dominican Republic” (para 5). “It ends a 137-year-old loophole in [Colombia’s] civil code which allowed under-18s to marry with parental consent. Minors were also deemed to have entered an informal marital union when they cohabited for two years” (para 6).
Variables: MARR-LAW-1
“Colombian lawmakers have approved a bill to eradicate child marriage” (para 1). “[L]egislation, dubbed They are Girls, Not Wives…prohibits the marriage of anyone under the age of 18” (para 2). “Colombia is now one of 12 countries out of the 33 in Latin America and the Caribbean to have entirely banned marriage under the age of 18, following Honduras, Puerto Rico, Mexico and the Dominican Republic” (para 5). “It ends a 137-year-old loophole in [Colombia’s] civil code which allowed under-18s to marry with parental consent. Minors were also deemed to have entered an informal marital union when they cohabited for two years” (para 6).
Oct. 23, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: MARR-DATA-1
“There are 4.5 million girls and women in Colombia who married before 18 – about one in four. Of these, a million were married before they were 15, according to Unicef” (para 7). “Rates of childhood marriage in girls are about three times higher than for boys, with children living in poverty and rural or Indigenous communities particularly affected” (para 9).
Variables: MARR-DATA-1
“There are 4.5 million girls and women in Colombia who married before 18 – about one in four. Of these, a million were married before they were 15, according to Unicef” (para 7). “Rates of childhood marriage in girls are about three times higher than for boys, with children living in poverty and rural or Indigenous communities particularly affected” (para 9).
Oct. 15, 2026, 10:27 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1
“Gender-based violence, as well as impunity for perpetrators, was a problem. The law required the government to immediately protect survivors of domestic violence from further physical or psychological abuse, but the law was not always enforced, particularly in rural areas” (30-31).
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1
“Gender-based violence, as well as impunity for perpetrators, was a problem. The law required the government to immediately protect survivors of domestic violence from further physical or psychological abuse, but the law was not always enforced, particularly in rural areas” (30-31).
Oct. 15, 2026, 10:27 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: LRW-LAW-1, LRW-LAW-2, LRCM-LAW-2
“The law prohibited rape of women or men, including spousal rape. Rape by a spouse or a current or former cohabitant or co-parent was an aggravated offense that was treated under the law as a violent sexual assault. There were no laws specifically on ‘corrective rape.’ The law provided for sentences ranging from eight to 30 years’ imprisonment for violent sexual assault. For acts of spousal sexual violence, the law mandated prison sentences of six months to two years” (30).
Variables: LRW-LAW-1, LRW-LAW-2, LRCM-LAW-2
“The law prohibited rape of women or men, including spousal rape. Rape by a spouse or a current or former cohabitant or co-parent was an aggravated offense that was treated under the law as a violent sexual assault. There were no laws specifically on ‘corrective rape.’ The law provided for sentences ranging from eight to 30 years’ imprisonment for violent sexual assault. For acts of spousal sexual violence, the law mandated prison sentences of six months to two years” (30).
Oct. 1, 2026, 6:05 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-5
"As of September 27, 2025 , 28,290 suicide attempts had been reported to the National Epidemiological Surveillance System (Sivigila ). Of these, 63% were women (17,839 cases) and 37% were men (10,451 cases). During the same period the previous year, 29,730 cases were reported, representing a decrease of 4.8%" (para 4).
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-5
"As of September 27, 2025 , 28,290 suicide attempts had been reported to the National Epidemiological Surveillance System (Sivigila ). Of these, 63% were women (17,839 cases) and 37% were men (10,451 cases). During the same period the previous year, 29,730 cases were reported, representing a decrease of 4.8%" (para 4).
Oct. 1, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1
"But José [an Embera Dobida indigenous leader] also says that Ana María [his daughter, who ended her life due to domestic violence and poverty] was exhausted by the situation at home: 'She was very scared about the situation here, because we had already gone to the Ombudsman's Office, the Police, and the council, and they didn't help us. And when she arrived in Quibdó, she found herself short of money and mistreated by her husband, who beat her'" (para 10). "Despite this, as in Ana María's [Colombian indigenous woman who ended her life due to domestic violence and poverty] case, the conflict landscape is not the only reason identified in...more
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1
"But José [an Embera Dobida indigenous leader] also says that Ana María [his daughter, who ended her life due to domestic violence and poverty] was exhausted by the situation at home: 'She was very scared about the situation here, because we had already gone to the Ombudsman's Office, the Police, and the council, and they didn't help us. And when she arrived in Quibdó, she found herself short of money and mistreated by her husband, who beat her'" (para 10). "Despite this, as in Ana María's [Colombian indigenous woman who ended her life due to domestic violence and poverty] case, the conflict landscape is not the only reason identified in...more
Oct. 1, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1
"On March 30, 2021, in the midst of the pandemic and after traveling among the Embera people of Quibdó (Chocó) , he [José, an Embera Dobida indigenous leader] received news of a death: Ana María, his eldest daughter, had decided to end her life in that city, located four hours away by speedboat from her town. Her suicide was not an extraordinary event within the Indigenous communities, nor in the Lower and Middle Atrato region . So far in 2022, another minor from Bojayá took her own life in Quibdó, and two more have attempted suicide in rural areas of the municipality..." (para 2-3).
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1
"On March 30, 2021, in the midst of the pandemic and after traveling among the Embera people of Quibdó (Chocó) , he [José, an Embera Dobida indigenous leader] received news of a death: Ana María, his eldest daughter, had decided to end her life in that city, located four hours away by speedboat from her town. Her suicide was not an extraordinary event within the Indigenous communities, nor in the Lower and Middle Atrato region . So far in 2022, another minor from Bojayá took her own life in Quibdó, and two more have attempted suicide in rural areas of the municipality..." (para 2-3).
June 10, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: LRW-LAW-4
Given the following documentation, there is no exoneration in the law allowing an individual accused of rape to have their criminal charges dismissed or overturned by subsequently marrying the victim. However, it should be noted that this only accounts for the legal framework and now what societal pressures may be in practice (ERD - CODER COMMENT).more
Variables: LRW-LAW-4
Given the following documentation, there is no exoneration in the law allowing an individual accused of rape to have their criminal charges dismissed or overturned by subsequently marrying the victim. However, it should be noted that this only accounts for the legal framework and now what societal pressures may be in practice (ERD - CODER COMMENT).more
April 26, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-4
According to calculations based off of data collected from the WHO mortality database, the femicide rate for 15-44 year olds in 2021 was 6.3 per 100,000 female (15-44 age) population.
Variables: MURDER-DATA-4
According to calculations based off of data collected from the WHO mortality database, the femicide rate for 15-44 year olds in 2021 was 6.3 per 100,000 female (15-44 age) population.
Feb. 12, 2026, 3:52 a.m.
Countries: Bahamas, Central African Rep, Chad, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Iran, Kenya, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Moldova, Mongolia, Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Slovakia, Suriname, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States
Variables: DV-SCALE-1
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Variables: DV-SCALE-1
3
Jan. 29, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Armenia, Bahamas, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: LO-SCALE-3
1
Variables: LO-SCALE-3
1
Jan. 29, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
Variables: LO-SCALE-2
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Variables: LO-SCALE-2
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Jan. 29, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen
Variables: LO-SCALE-1
1
Variables: LO-SCALE-1
1
Jan. 20, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
Countries: Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
Variables: ABO-SCALE-1
1
Variables: ABO-SCALE-1
1
Dec. 28, 2025, 9:06 a.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
The chart in the UNODC Data Portal titled, "Violent Crime & Sexual Violence," shows that the rate of reported rapes in Colombia in 2023 was 38.53 per 100,000 population, and the rate of reported sexual assaults was 11.11 per 100,000.
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
The chart in the UNODC Data Portal titled, "Violent Crime & Sexual Violence," shows that the rate of reported rapes in Colombia in 2023 was 38.53 per 100,000 population, and the rate of reported sexual assaults was 11.11 per 100,000.
Dec. 10, 2025, 12:51 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to Annex 10, "National prevalence estimates of lifetime and past-12-months physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence against women aged 15-49 years, 2023" the average lifetime point estimate % for Colombia in 2023 was 29.8%.
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to Annex 10, "National prevalence estimates of lifetime and past-12-months physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence against women aged 15-49 years, 2023" the average lifetime point estimate % for Colombia in 2023 was 29.8%.
Nov. 3, 2025, 1:49 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
The Center for Reproductive Rights states that Colombia's laws permit abortion on request, with a 24 week gestational limit.
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
The Center for Reproductive Rights states that Colombia's laws permit abortion on request, with a 24 week gestational limit.
Oct. 24, 2025, 11:43 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
"The young mother is one of more than 150 girls and women aged from 11 to 50 who have escaped what they describe as 'sexual slavery' by armed groups in Catatumbo [a Colombian border region near Venezuela] in the past year ... Alejandra Vera, a lawyer at the feminist collective Woman, Speak Out and Move It who is supporting the women, said that the true number of victims of sexual violence is likely to be much higher. Escapees have warned that dozens, if not hundreds, more women and girls remain in captivity" (para 4, 7). "“We’ve reported more than 450 cases of human trafficking and sexual violence since 2020. And...more
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
"The young mother is one of more than 150 girls and women aged from 11 to 50 who have escaped what they describe as 'sexual slavery' by armed groups in Catatumbo [a Colombian border region near Venezuela] in the past year ... Alejandra Vera, a lawyer at the feminist collective Woman, Speak Out and Move It who is supporting the women, said that the true number of victims of sexual violence is likely to be much higher. Escapees have warned that dozens, if not hundreds, more women and girls remain in captivity" (para 4, 7). "“We’ve reported more than 450 cases of human trafficking and sexual violence since 2020. And...more
Oct. 24, 2025, 11:43 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"[There have been] more than 150 girls and women aged from 11 to 50 who have escaped what they describe as “sexual slavery” by armed groups in Catatumbo in the past year" (para. 4)."In a May report on the conflict, the ombudsman’s office said that 62 women had filed complaints regarding trafficking and sexual exploitation by armed groups in the region and called for greater state action" (para. 19).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"[There have been] more than 150 girls and women aged from 11 to 50 who have escaped what they describe as “sexual slavery” by armed groups in Catatumbo in the past year" (para. 4)."In a May report on the conflict, the ombudsman’s office said that 62 women had filed complaints regarding trafficking and sexual exploitation by armed groups in the region and called for greater state action" (para. 19).
Oct. 24, 2025, 11:43 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Valeria says she has not received any state support and does not trust the situation to improve. “The authorities do nothing here. They are scared of the guerillas. The government has lost control,” she said. “No woman is safe.” Colombia, which has faced one of the world’s longest-running conflicts, is battling a nationwide surge in violence, forcing more than 130,000 people to flee, leaving hundreds dead and trapping tens of thousands in their homes this year alone. Vera says the “state is in denial about what is happening here”. “We’ve reported more than 450 cases of human trafficking and sexual violence since 2020. And there has been no response, no...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Valeria says she has not received any state support and does not trust the situation to improve. “The authorities do nothing here. They are scared of the guerillas. The government has lost control,” she said. “No woman is safe.” Colombia, which has faced one of the world’s longest-running conflicts, is battling a nationwide surge in violence, forcing more than 130,000 people to flee, leaving hundreds dead and trapping tens of thousands in their homes this year alone. Vera says the “state is in denial about what is happening here”. “We’ve reported more than 450 cases of human trafficking and sexual violence since 2020. And there has been no response, no...more
Oct. 24, 2025, 11:43 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Valeria, like the dozens of other people she was held with, was trafficked to the brothel in north-east Colombia, in autumn last year. She had been offered a job in a restaurant, but on arrival was forced into prostitution and told that if she fled she would be killed. Two of those who tried to escape were shot dead as they ran, she said, while others who protested were taken away and never seen again" (para 3)."Vera says some of the victims had been taken from their villages, but that most of the women travelled to Catatumbo on promises of work. Instead they were 'tied up, locked up, tortured and...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Valeria, like the dozens of other people she was held with, was trafficked to the brothel in north-east Colombia, in autumn last year. She had been offered a job in a restaurant, but on arrival was forced into prostitution and told that if she fled she would be killed. Two of those who tried to escape were shot dead as they ran, she said, while others who protested were taken away and never seen again" (para 3)."Vera says some of the victims had been taken from their villages, but that most of the women travelled to Catatumbo on promises of work. Instead they were 'tied up, locked up, tortured and...more