Organization enabled a generation of revolutionary Colombian women to find place in civil society

Montes de Maria, Colombia – Mayerlis Angarita is convinced she was born with a rebellious streak. As a 15-year-old in the mid 1990s, she watched as clashes between guerrilla groups, paramilitaries and the Colombian army swept in violent waves through Montes de Maria, the northern region where she lived with her family. When hundreds of people…