International Development Grant
Afro-Colombian Initiative for Gender Justice and Peace
Project Number: CA-3-P009693001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $654,709.00
Start Date: November 25, 2020
End Date: March 31, 2022
Duration: 1.3 years
Project Description
This project aims to contribute to the implementation of the Ethnic Chapter of the Colombian Peace Agreement through a feminist lens. The project also works to address the increase in post- Peace Agreement violence particularly sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) against Afro-Colombian women and girls in Barbacoas Buenaventura the Caribe Norte de Cauca and Tumaco regions. Project activities include: (1) conducting awareness raising activities on SGBV committed against Afro-Colombian women and girls; (2) increasing knowledge on services for survivors of SGBV including domestic violence through the publication and distribution of coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention and response materials; (3) conducting workshops to improve responses to SGBV by authorities and civil society operating in the focus regions of the project; (4) preparing and submitting to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace of an emblematic case on SGBV committed against Afro-Colombian women and girls; (5) holding community hearings on SGBV that promote healing and reconciliation; and (6) advocating for the continued implementation of the Ethnic Chapter through an Afro-Colombian feminist lens.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved response to SGBV including domestic violence particularly against women and girls by Afro-Colombian organizations and authorities in focus regions; (2) improved response by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace to cases of SGBV committed against Afro-Colombians especially women and girls in Colombia and (3) increased incorporation of peace implementation recommendations made by Afro-Colombian women and communities in stakeholders’ work in Colombia & internationally.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2022) include : (1) documented and analyzed141 cases of gender-based violence against Afro-Colombian people primarily women and girls to identify patterns of practice; (2) increased actions taken by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) in recognizing the violence carried out during Colombia’s international conflict with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia against ethnic groups primarily Afro-Colombian and Indigenous people. This includes a public announcement by the JEP in February 2022 to open three new macro-cases to investigate crimes carried out by the conflict’s armed actors. These crimes include massacres selective and indiscriminate murders against ethnic people and territories sexual and gender-based violence homicides selective assassinations forced displacements and disappearances; and (3) carried out briefings and advocacy with national and international stakeholders resulting in numerous statements by state and multilateral organizations voicing concerns about the security of women and men social leaders and calls to action to implement the gender and racial provisions of the peace agreement.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Madre Inc.
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Foreign Affairs and Trade Gs&Cs