[van-announce] event: Women Building Peace in Colombia 12/1

[Sara Koopman]

Women Building Peace in Colombia


 

Come listen to Anna Teresa Rueda Lozada of the Organización Femenina Popular
(OFP) Women’s Popular Organization of Barrancabermeja, Colombia, as she
stops in Vancouver as part of her national tour. She will be speaking about
the war and human rights situation in Colombia and the particular impact on
women; the OFP and its work at a grassroots level and in building a social
movement of women against the war; to learn about the Canadian context; to
make solidarity connections with KAIROS, community groups, peace groups, and
women's groups; and to participate in advocacy with our government on the
importance of peace-building initiatives and women's roles in these
initiatives.

 

Wednesday, December 1st, 6:30pm 

MOSAIC - #1720 Grant Street, East Vancouver 

(near corner of Commercial Drive)

 

A video and discussion will follow Anna Teresa’s presentation.

 

For more event information: 

Email:  <mailto:enlaces at canada.com> enlaces at canada.com 

Call: 778.892.7207

 

Tour sponsored by: KAIROS 

Event organized and endorsed by: ENLACES Canada-Colombia, Ecumenical
Taskforce for Justice in the Americas, Vida y Paz Colombia, Minga
Canada-Colombia, Co-development Canada, Amnesty International, H.I.J. at .S.

 

 

 

MORE BACKGROUND INFO:

 


Ana Teresa Rueda Lozada


She is the coordinator of 2 of the 7 women’s centres (Casas de Mujer)  in
Barrancabermeja (in the municipality of San Pablo and the Central  region of
Barrancabermeja).  Ana is a member of the general secretariat and the
leadership team of the OFP as well as coordinator of the training program.
Ana Teresa has extensive experience in community development and human
rights training and advocacy. In 2002, she completed a course in human
rights training under the auspices of the Andean Program for Human Rights
and Democracy of the European Union.  Within the OFP, Ana Teresa is a leader
in training and education at a community level on gender, human rights,
citizenship and health.  She has participated in seminars, meetings and
workshops in England, Germany, Holland and Belgium as well as throughout
Colombia.

 

Organizacion Femenina Popular (OFP) – the Popular Feminist Organization 

The OFP was founded in 1972, and works at a grassroots level with more than
3,000 women in the region of Magdalena Medio in programs which include
integrated community development, human rights of women, education and
advocacy.   In the last three years, the OFP, seen as a model in Colombia of
women’s resistance against the war, has opened offices in other parts of
Colombia including Bogota, Cartegana  and Neiva.  In the last five years the
OFP has built a national movement of women against the war, based on its
work with grassroots women.   The OFP is also active in national and
international movements of women against the war including la Ruta Pacifica,
a national feminist peace movement, and the international movement, Women in
Black.

 

In the present context of increased repression and reprisal against social
organizations, the focus of KAIROS’ partnership with the OFP has been on
providing visible accompaniment and supporting their work in peace and human
rights. In August 2001, KAIROS supported the International and National
Mobilization of Women Against War organized by the OFP and la Ruta Pacifica.
In July 2002, we supported the OFP’s participation in the National Movement
of Women Against War, which brought together 30,000 women from throughout
Colombia. In October 2004 the OFP organized an International Seminar and
Mobilization of Women Building Peace, which KAIROS participated in and
sponsored. 

 

 



 

 

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