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Re-integration and economic empowerment of ex-FARC combatants with a gender perspective

Our Good Human Rights Story 2019:
Pregnant Dannimar fleeing Venezuela and the positive experience she and her baby made in Colombia:

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet

“A great part of the work of my Office consists of working to mitigate and resolve situations of human rights disaster. But there are many places where human rights do not go wrong. And sometimes we lose sight of these good stories.”
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres

“Often, the world’s spotlight is focused on the bad news – the human rights challenges and setbacks, the human rights agenda losing ground mainly to the national sovereignty agenda. But we know there is more to the story. Progress in one corner of the world plants a seed of hope in another.”
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European Union Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore

“Let us encourage each other. Let’s use these good stories to inspire each other to do better. ”

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Colombia

Re-integration and economic empowerment of ex-FARC combatants with a gender perspective

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