As Colombia’s peace process moves forward, organizations like Comunidades Construyendo Paz en Colombia (CONPAZCOL) — an association of victims made up of black, indigenous and rural families and communities — are working amid immense challenge to help build a “comprehensive peace,” as María Eugenia Mosquera Riascos calls it. Mosquera Riascos, a legal representative of CONPAZCOL and recipient of the 2022 Women Building Peace Award, discusses the situation for youth and peacebuilders in Colombia and what her group does to help them, and talks about how the Women Building Peace Award has aided her work.
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