Marylen Serna, national spokesperson for the Congreso de los Pueblos and Sonia Nevado, regional spokesperson for Marcha Patriotica read the event’s Declaration of the Women’s Gathering: Memory and Territorial Agenda for Peace. Photo: Caldwell Manners
Over 300 women from the northeast and middle Magdalena regions gathered over two days, on November 10 and 11 to develop a proposal on their role and demands in a post-agreement Colombia. Women have been the primary victims of these last five decades of war but have also been protagonists in successfully lobbying for a negotiated end to the 52 year conflict between the FARC-EP and the Colombian state.