Posts Tagged "colombia"
OFP & KAIROS grieve and denounce the assassination of one of their leaders and colleagues
July 2, 2024
On June 27, KAIROS learned from the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP), our partner in Colombia, that their colleague, leader and community organizer, Yoli Maria Toloza Cardoza in Puerto Wilches, was assassinated in her home. They wrote: “On June 27 at 11:00…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
A reclamation of space – how the women of Barrancabermeja, Colombia took back their territory during the OFP’s Humanitarian Mission
March 14, 2024
Spanish/EspañolEarly in the morning on March 9, women from various municipalities around Barrancabermeja, Colombia mobilized to participate and support their sisters from a neighbourhood called Comuna 7 in a march that left Camilo Torres Park at 7 am. Near the…
Post filed in: Gender Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
International Women’s Day in Colombia
March 5, 2024
Seguir en español.There are several reasons to visit our partners, but this March, I will join the Organizacion Femenina Popular (OFP) in Barrancabermeja, Colombia for a common cause – the struggle for equality, women’s rights, and an end to violence…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Interview with Kelly Campo on La Comunera
December 11, 2023
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, WPS
Colombia’s kairos moment
November 30, 2023
We are in Colombia during a kairos moment.We are here, specifically, to witness firsthand the work of the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP), a KAIROS Women of Courage: Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Program partner. The OFP is a long-standing KAIROS…
Post filed in: Gender Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
My eye-opening visit with the OFP in Colombia
November 27, 2023
I write from the heart of Barrancabermeja Colombia, on a trip that has been an eye-opener for me. I am KAIROS’ Finance Coordinator, and a delegate with KAIROS’ Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) program, visiting the Organization Femenina Popular (OFP),…
Post filed in: Gender Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Colombia Visit – Rachel Warden – OFP – Wi’am – Candle Vigil
November 24, 2023
Post filed in: Gender Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Event
5th and last local hearing about the topics of human rights defence, environmental justice, and conflict resolution in the mining corridor of El César.
Within the framework of the II stage of the “Un Grito por la vida/A Cry for Life” campaign, Mesa Ecuménica shared with us the invitation to the 5th and last local hearing about the topics of human rights defence, environmental justice,…
Introducing Kelly Campo – OFP/Colombia
September 14, 2022
Let’s meet Kelly Johanna Campo Becerra, a member of the coordinating committee of the Organización Femenina Popular – Popular Feminist Organization (OFP/Colombia), responsible for the feminist popular economy and environmental programs. She is also a leader in the youth movement…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
OFP to celebrates 50 years of sowing life, territory and peace in Colombia
May 30, 2022
On July 21, the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP), a KAIROS Women, Peace and security partner in Colombia, will celebrate its 50th anniversary. This represents an incredible history and achievement – 50 years of working with communities and grassroots women in…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America
KAIROS joins partners in condemning the assassination of human rights defenders Teófilo Acuña Ribón and Jorge Alberto Tafur in Colombia
March 2, 2022
On February 22, Teófilo Acuña Ribón and Jorge Alberto Tafur, two well respected human rights defenders working for land rights in Colombia were killed. Teófilo and Jorge Alberto are two of thirty-three human rights defenders murdered thus far in 2022…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America
Event
WOMEN PEACEBUILDERS BUILD BACK with ENVIRONMENTAL and ECONOMIC SECURITY
A virtual parallel event at the NGO-CSW66 Forum. Session will be available in English, French and Spanish. SESSION FOCUS Broaden the approach and intersection of Women, Peace and Security to include economic injustice and the climate crisis. Support wholistic women-led…
