Inter Press ServiceGender equality and indigenous people in Colombia https://www.ipsnews.net/2010/01/gender-equality-and-indigenous-people-in-colombia/ News and Views from the Global South Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:46:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Gender equality and indigenous people in Colombia https://www.ipsnews.net/2010/01/gender-equality-and-indigenous-people-in-colombia/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2010/01/gender-equality-and-indigenous-people-in-colombia/#respond Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:59:12 +0000 IPS Correspondents http://ipsnews.zippykid.it/?p=101929

By IPS Correspondents
Jan 20 2010 (IPS)

Colombia ‘s 102 indigenous nations –composed of nearly a million and a half people — face their own quest for gender equality tied into their 518-year struggle for land and indigenous rights. In Colombia, the natives are one of the populations most victimized by the ongoing armed conflict. Their reality is seldom reflected in polls and index measures for gender equality.

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