"No Justice? No Peace!" The Women Absent from Colombia's Peace Talks
by Moira Birss
-Colombia-
• Yolanda Becerra presenting in the November 2012 Women's Court in the city of Barracabermeja. Photo credit: Lina Mucha. •
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• Yolanda Becerra presenting in the November 2012 Women's Court in the city of Barracabermeja. Photo credit: Lina Mucha. •
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RECENT COMMENTS
pak said:
Leslie,
Also, watch this video.
- South Korea's Vietnamese Comfort Women
http://www.youtube.com/w...
kavita b said:
Thank you for you feedback, very interesting.
The practice varies a lot across the island. For exa...
dani6757 said:
Hi Mandy...great post. Right "on-the-money"!
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the apple industry is growing in India and controlled atmosphere cold store like these are providing...
Col I S Chanam said:
Dear Urmila,
The promise you extracted from Nikita is very appropriate and well thought of. Educati...
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