Film: We Women Warriors
Join IPS and friends for a screening of an independent documentary profiling three valiant female leaders to commemorate International Women’s Day.
Endangering Women Human Rights Defenders
USAID spending often means less security and more violence against women, particularly women human rights defenders.
Excerpt: Throwing Stones at the Moon
How one internally displaced Colombian found himself caught between rebels and paramilitaries — and how he suffered for it.
Disabled on the Job, Fired without Severance or Benefits
A GM subsidiary is providing an unlikely test for the U.S.-Colombia trade deal’s labor provisions.
Review: Throwing Stones at the Moon
Colombia’s enormous population of internally displaced people is incredibly diverse, but all are subject to violence and degradation on a daily basis.
Brown Bag: Throwing Stones At The Moon
Join us for this brown bag book event with Sanho Tree in discussion with book editors Sibylla Brodzinsky and Max Schoening about the complexities and context of the conflict in Colombia.
Hunger Striking for Labor Rights in Colombia
GM gave its disabled Colombian workers a choice: to die of starvation or to die waiting for a solution.
Your Labor Rights or Your Life
A hostile labor environment in a country like Colombia, connected through a trade agreement to the U.S., has repercussions for workers at home as well.
Author Event: Throwing Stones At The Moon
Come to this discussion and book signing with Sibylla Brodzinsky and Max Schoening – accompanied by IPS Fellow Sanho Tree – about conflict in Colombia, where millions of people have been internally displaced through terror and violence.
Playing the Spoiler in Colombia
The United States must stop supporting the perverse Colombian status quo that lies at the heart of the country’s prolonged civil war.
Free Trade Agreement Ignores Colombian History of Violence Against Trade Unions
Colombia is widely regarded as the world’s most dangerous place to be a trade union member.
Afro-Colombian Women, Activism and Leadership
Danelly Estupiñan, an Afro-descendant woman activist and community organizer from Colombia, will be sharing her experiences as community organizer and psycho-social support for women victims of violence in rural and urban areas of Buenaventura, the second most important port in Colombia and one of the most dangerous places for human rights defenders, particularly women.
Raw Trade Deals
With cheap imports woven tightly into U.S. manufacturing and retail, corporations have a lot at stake.
Travel Writer Michael Jacobs Does Justice to the Andes
An interview with travel writer Michael Jacobs about his most recent book, “Andes.”
Food System Pays Dearly as Wall Street Occupies Washington
It’s nearly impossible to find a legislative or regulatory issue related to food and agriculture that hasn’t been deeply shaped (if not outright written) by corporate lobbyists.