Colombia
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Patricia Henao Saavedra
country director
phenao@pactworld.org
Diana Muratova
program manager
dmuratova@pactworld.org
Pact local partner holds first virtual assembly of Amazonian indigenous women across Brazil
December 29, 2020
To protect their communities from Covid-19, indigenous peoples in the Amazon have had to find alternative ways to stay in touch to continue to advocate for their territories and rights. The women...
Photo story: Healthy environments, better lives
December 28, 2020
In communities around the world, Pact is improving lives and protecting the environment at the same time, because the two go hand in hand.
International Human Rights Day and land governance: A key indigenous right
December 10, 2020
By the SCIOA project team
Indigenous communities have a spiritual connection with their territories that is reflected culturally and economically. Land bonds because it allows a collective sense of...
International Day of Rural Women: Empowering women-led indigenous organizations in the Amazon
October 15, 2020
Historically, our world has been one dominated by men. For much of history, for example, the right to own property wasn’t afforded to women. Today, around the world, women continue to face...
Raising the voices of indigenous organizations across the Amazon region
August 5, 2020
“Indigenous women need autonomy, a voice and a light.”
This is how Telma Taurepang describes the challenges that her community has long faced. She serves as coordinator for União das Mulheres...
During Covid-19, Pact and partners continue the fight against child mining in Colombia
June 10, 2020
At home, Alejandro, a 15-year-old boy in rural Colombia, has access to only one smart phone: his father’s. After Covid-19 began, Alejandro’s school closed and teachers began holding classes online...
Pact, U.S. Department of Labor announce new project in Colombian sugar and cut flower sectors
February 13, 2020
The only way that the surprise of flowers and candy on Valentine’s Day gets any sweeter is when they feel as good to give as they do to get.
In a new $5 million, four-year project funded by the U.S....
Strong alliances, strengthened communities: A well-built international partnership makes a difference for miners
November 22, 2019
There was a time when Benjamín, an artisanal miner from Boyacá, Colombia, worried each day as he left for work that he might never see his family again. As a miner, he told us, your work is so...
The Pilares project
October 10, 2019
In Colombia's Bajo Cauca and South Bolivar regions, where gold mining is a critical livelihood, Pact leads the Pilares project in partnership with the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) to improve...
Somos Tesoro in Colombia: We are Treasure
June 12, 2019
In Colombia, Pact's Somos Tesoro project is working to end child labor in gold and coal mining and improve health and safety conditions. Somos Tesoro means "We are Treasure." Because children are...
