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<p>September 20, 2016<br>
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<p>Women of the <a target="_blank"
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Fate-of-Colombia-in-Your-Hands-FARC-Leader-Tells-Guerrillas-20160917-0031.html">Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia</a> and other organizations
launched the 2nd National Women and Peace Summit Monday
to promote women’s participation in the peace deal
reached with the Colombian government. </p>
<p>According to a statement from the United Nations, 500
women who represent 700 organizations in the country are
meeting in the capital of Bogota until Sept. 21. </p>
<p>The meeting has brought together feminists, Indigenous
women, campesinas, Afro-Colombians, academics, LGBTIs,
youth, journalists and artists. </p>
<p>Among the topics that the group will discuss are
political representation, participation in post-conflict
programs for the use of land, judicial guarantees, and
protection against sexual violence. </p>
<p>The FARC-EP is also in the midst of its 10th National
Guerilla Conference this week, where the rebel group
will discuss the peace agreement reached with the
government of President Juan Manuel Santos. </p>
<p>The Women and Peace Summit is part of the work
organized by the Subcommission on Gender, whose
representatives also participated in the peace talks in
Havana, Cuba. The talks lasted almost four years, and
included the input of the group to assure the
implementation of the peace deal. </p>
<p>The final peace deal will be signed on Sept. 26 in
Cartagena de Indias, but the accords will need to be put
to a popular vote on Oct. 2. If “yes” wins, the
agreement could end the over five-decades-long conflict
that has killed over 220,000 people and displaced some
6.3 million others. </p>
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