Posts Tagged "OFP"
OFP & KAIROS grieve and denounce the assassination of one of their leaders and colleagues
July 2, 2024
On June 27, KAIROS learned from the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP), our partner in Colombia, that their colleague, leader and community organizer, Yoli Maria Toloza Cardoza in Puerto Wilches, was assassinated in her home. They wrote: “On June 27 at…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
A reclamation of space – how the women of Barrancabermeja, Colombia took back their territory during the OFP’s Humanitarian Mission
March 14, 2024
Spanish/Español Early in the morning on March 9, women from various municipalities around Barrancabermeja, Colombia mobilized to participate and support their sisters from a neighbourhood called Comuna 7 in a march that left Camilo Torres Park at 7 am. Near…
Post filed in: Gender Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Colombia’s kairos moment
November 30, 2023
We are in Colombia during a kairos moment. We are here, specifically, to witness firsthand the work of the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP), a KAIROS Women of Courage: Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Program partner. The OFP is a long-standing…
Post filed in: Gender Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Colombia Visit – Rachel Warden – OFP – Wi’am – Candle Vigil
November 24, 2023
Post filed in: Gender Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Solidarity spells M.U.J.E.R.
November 24, 2023
Post from San Pablo, Cantagallo. Colombia Women from the neighbourhoods around San Pablo, Sur de Bolivar gathered at the Organizacion Femenina Popular (Women’s House) to discuss the details of the upcoming vigil for peace and against violence and to send…
Post filed in: Gender Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Light a Candle – Join KAIROS and OFP on Nov 25 for a vigil to end violence against women
November 24, 2023
Greetings from Barrancabermeja Colombia. It’s wonderfully inspiring to be back in Colombia with the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP). It’s good for the soul to be with an organization that believes in the capacity of women to make dreams a reality,…
Post filed in: Gender Justice
Thousands of women mobilize in Colombia
April 4, 2023
Thousands of women mobilize in Colombia for presentation of Human Rights Report by National Office of the Ombudsman. Spanish report below On March 23, the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP), a partner in KAIROS’ Women of Courage: Women, Peace and Security…
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OFP’s International Women’s Day statement denounces violence against women as a Humanitarian Emergency
March 9, 2023
On International Women’s Day, KAIROS partner, Organización Femenina Popular (OFP), released a statement calling attention to and denouncing the increase in violence against women in the region of Magdalena Medio, including the assassination of Sandra Lozano on March 7. The…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Global South
Introducing Kelly Campo – OFP/Colombia
September 14, 2022
Let’s meet Kelly Johanna Campo Becerra, a member of the coordinating committee of the Organización Femenina Popular – Popular Feminist Organization (OFP/Colombia), responsible for the feminist popular economy and environmental programs. She is also a leader in the youth movement…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
