HRW: Colombia women facing obstacles to health care, legal remedies

[JURIST] Women displaced by conflict in Colombia are facing rape and domestic violence as well as obstacles in obtaining health care, protection and legal remedies, Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] said in a report [text, PDF; press release] released Wednesday. The report states that the four million women who have been forced out of their homes due to armed conflicts in the country are not adequately protected by Colombia laws and law enforcement. It claims that 37 percent of...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/11/hrw-colombia-women-facing-obstacles-to-health-care-legal-remedies.php

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