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Beatriz Elena Rodríguez Rengifo (Colombia)

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For some time, I have understood that there are more valuable things than money, such as respect, our rights, feeling proud when you are in front of your children. You cannot buy that with money.” Beatriz Rodríguez was born in Dosquebradas, Risaralda, Colombia. She was a ‘sex worker’ in a bar called California. Through a […]

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Ana Teresa Bernal (Colombia)

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Peace is not a Colombian invention. It is a flag of all humanity.” When Ana Teresa Bernal was an adolescent, she distributed food to children living on the streets. As a young woman, she continued her social work and created a movement called Life. Later, as a woman, she founded Redepaz, the National Network of […]