Jackeline Rojas, organiser for Colombian women's rights organisation, Femenina Popular, is speaking in Nottingham on Monday, 24 October at the Sumac Centre. She'll be joined by Andy Higginbottom, national secretary of the Colombia Solidarity Campaign.
Colombia's civil war claims the lives of some 6,000 people every year. The overwhelming majority of victims are civillians. Women pay a particularly high price, targeted for assassination and disappearance to spread terror throughout communities, or used as 'trophies of war' by state and non-state armed actors in the conflict.
The Organizacion Femenina Popular is Colombia's principle women's rights organisation and one of the country's most respected human rights NGOs. Their constant campaigning against war and social injustice has made the group a target of paramilitary and state terror. This is a rare opportunity to hear first-hand about the struggle being waged by Colombian women.
Meeting starts at7.30pm. The bar will be open, and there will be music after the meeting.
The Organizacion Femenina Popular is Colombia's principle women's rights organisation and one of the country's most respected human rights NGOs. Their constant campaigning against war and social injustice has made the group a target of paramilitary and state terror. This is a rare opportunity to hear first-hand about the struggle being waged by Colombian women.
Meeting starts at7.30pm. The bar will be open, and there will be music after the meeting.
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