Women treated as spoils of war in Colombia: NGOs

[Judi Lynn]

Women treated as spoils of war in Colombia: NGOs
Friday, 01 April 2011 11:48
Toni Peters

Colombian NGOs have condemned the "high level" of violence against black, indigenous and poor women in a country where the female body has become a "battleground", W Radio reported Friday.

This was the message from the first presentation of the Support and Defense of Women's Human Rights in Colombia Round Table.

Claudia Acevedo, one of the organizers of the conference, pointed out that so far in 2011 there have been 29 cases of "femicide" (murders of women) in Colombia. The most recent case is that of two girls who were "abducted, mutilated and buried in a gasoline barrel covered with cement."

"We are in a country where military organizations have treated women like spoils of war to pressure the family" said Acevedo.

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/15314-women-treated-as-spoils-of-war-in-colombia-ngos.html

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