'City of Women': A refuge for Colombia's displaced
By Megan Janetsky Turbaco, Colombia
16 February 2020
Women and Afro-Colombians in particular faced greater levels of violence in the conflict and would often arrive in far-off cities with nothing and no-one.
In an impoverished neighbourhood in the sweltering coastal city of Cartagena, a group of displaced women decided to do something about it.
A sign reading "Careful, machismo kills" stands in the centre of the city, near one of the 100 homes the women built for themselves and their families.
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While we heard "Macho-Macho-Man, I wanna be a Macho Man", the reality is this seems to be a big negative on Latin American culture.
