Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Amy Lieberman - WNN MDG Stories (WNN/TLW) Bogotá, COLOMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA: As the workload in the flower fields increased in the lead-up to Valentine’s Day, so did the pain in a 32-year-old female worker’s right hand. The worker, who asked to be identified only as Juanita for fear of losing her job, approached her employer. “He [...]
Anastasia Moloney – WNN MDG Stories (WNN) Bogota, COLOMBIA: Sprightly toddlers run about on a grassy field, outside what seems like a normal nursery with colourful walls and swings and slides in the playground. But the guards sporting blue camouflage gear and the barbed wire fence give the game away. The nursery is inside the confines of [...]
Anastasia Moloney – WNN MDG Stories (WNN) BOGOTA – Thousands of women and girls have suffered sexual abuse, including rape, at the hands of Colombia’s illegal armed groups. Army soldiers have also carried out sexual violence against women, according to a report released on Wednesday by Amnesty International. Here are some facts about sexual abuse [...]
