Despite ‘No’ Referendum, Colombia Peace Process Remains a Model for Women’s Participation (Mayesha Alam, CFR)

After more than half a century of civil war, Colombians voted in a referendum to reject a peace agreement between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (known commonly as FARC). This vote came after years of intense negotiations in Havana mediated by an array of international actors. The result is a major blow to Jose Manuel Santos’ administration. What went wrong with the plebiscite will surely be the topic of many autopsies by external observers and soul-searching by those who shepherded the peace process.

http://blogs.cfr.org/women-around-the-world/2016/10/03/despite-no-referendum-colombia-peace-process-remains-a-model-for-womens-participation/