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MADRE Presents Report to UN Human Rights Committee on the Violations of Women's Human Rights in Colombia
July
15, 2010-
This shadow report contains analysis and evidence gathered by the MADRE sister
organizations LIMPAL and Taller de Vida, as well as contributions by the
Colombian organizations CODHES, Humanas and Women's Link Worldwide. Using
this information, this report will show that Colombia's decades-long conflict
and government policies continue to generate grave violations of women's human
rights.
The report documents the persistent threat of forced displacement and its
disproportionate impacts on Indigenous Peoples and Afro-Colombians,
particularly women. The report also denounces sexual violence as one of
the primary causes of forced displacement and as a commonly-used weapon of war,
and it condemns violations of women's reproductive rights. Women human
rights defenders confront distinct dangers due to their high-profile work to
reveal these realities, and this report condemns the physical violence and
threats they face at the hands of the Colombian government and other armed
actors.
Lisa Davis, MADRE Human Rights Advocacy Director, is in Geneva this week to
present this report. Today, she said, "Colombian human rights
advocates and organizations have been tireless in their efforts to document and
denounce the on-going conflict, harmful government policies and the human
rights violations targeting women. In response, armed groups have
escalated attacks on women's human rights defenders. Because of
heightened threats at this time, our partners are not able to join me in person
to testify before the Committee. This shadow report reflects their voices
that must be heard."
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