Because Bogotá

Bogotá entrepreneur Tiffany Kohl reads the poem "Planetarium" by Adrienne Rich as part of the FEMALE CHARACTER event in celebration of International Women's Day in Bogotá on March 8, 2018.

Former UK sexual crimes investigator Amanda Dempsey recounts a survivor's story of human trafficking and sexual abuse, and how that survivor not only survived but went on to create a unit within the police force to educate officers and change attitudes toward sex crimes.

Bogotá entrepreneur Tiffany Kohl reads an excerpt from Roxanne Krystalli's blog "Stories of Conflict and Love" at the FEMALE CHARACTERS event on International Women's Day in Bogotá, March 8, 2018. Roxanne is a researcher and humanitarian practitioner who works on issues of gender, violence, and armed conflict. She has written extensively on the ongoing peace process in Colombia. Her professional work unfolds at the intersection of gender, violence, and transitional justice. Roxanne’s PhD research analyzes the politics of victimhood in Colombia, where she asks what the status of ‘victim’ means to those who vie for it, refuse it, contest it, or accord it. Her pursuits are united by a commitment to shedding light on why and how some lives are made less grievable, with implications for people’s experiences of (in)security, (in)justice, and peace.