In Bogotá, a city of 8 million people, nearly 4 million women do some form of unpaid care work, and about 1.2 million dedicate most of their time to it, meaning 10 hours a day or more. Many commute ...
Detail of a wall featuring work by Fear (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Here, where graffiti is classified as a violation rather than a crime, street artists do not ...
Juanita Rodríguez Kattah is tired of the endless conversations about gender disparity in Colombia’s tech industry. She asserts, “Every time we approach International Day of Women in Science or ...
The lush coffee trees that blanket the misty hills of the Huila region in southwestern Colombia bear witness to a struggle. From bean to steaming cup, women are slowly making gains across the South ...
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Along Colombia’s Pacific coast, women belonging to the Afro-Colombian community who harvest piangüa mollusks have united in efforts to conserve these small, black-shelled clams. For generations, ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Dozens of Colombian waste pickers inundated Bogota’s iconic Bolivar Square with about 15 tons of recyclable goods Tuesday ...
On June 7th a 15-year-old gunman shot at Miguel Uribe, a senator from the right-wing Democratic Centre party, while he was campaigning in Bogotá, Colombia’s capital. He was hit in the head. The boy ...