The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) announced the six finalists for the 2022 Women Building Peace Award. The Women Building Peace Award is given each year to a woman peacebuilder who has made a major contribution to preventing conflict, combatting violence and...
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Colombia’s Truth Commission delivers Final Report
Colombia’s Truth Commission has presented its final report on the country’s long-running civil conflict, announcing that at least 450,664 people were killed over nearly six decades of fighting. The commission was set up as part of the 2016 peace deal between the...
Armed strike paralyzes Colombia
A penetrating ringing interrupts the tropical heat in Northern Colombia as an ice cream vendor slowly approaches. He moves through the city with his vendor’s tray and puts a smile on many faces, others are annoyed by the ringing. Last week was different. At least the...
Humanitarian Crisis in the Pacific Region
For the last six months, the humanitarian crisis has been worsening in the native and ancestral collective territories of the lower San Juan basin, as a result of the incursion, control and permanence of the neo-paramilitary group Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces (AGC)...
Join us for an Update on the Humanitarian Crisis in Buenaventura
FOR Peace Presence and the Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective invite you to attend a virtual conversation to hear directly from grassroots leaders and organizations from the territories about the humanitarian crisis situation experienced by Black and Indigenous...
Join our Anniversary Webinar #3!
Don't miss our last anniversary webinar #3 about peace efforts in Colombia! Leaders from different communities and organizations will talk about challenges and opportunities they experience. We will have a founder of the first urban humanitarian space in Colombia, a...
Join our Anniversary Webinar #1!
This Year FOR Peace Presence celebrates its 20th anniversary! In 2002 we began to accompany the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó. We start off the celebration with a conjoined series of webinars alongside our long time partner, the Peace Community of San José...