Sruthi Gottipati
Sruthi Gottipati is a journalist and editor based in Paris, France. She reported in Colombia on a fellowship from the International Reporting Project.
These Colombian women built their own city to escape violence. But peace is still elusive.
In 2003, a group of Colombian women, sick of fleeing their nation’s conflicts, collectively acquired land in Turbaco municipality and made a new home for themselves. They called it the City of Women. Now, after a peace deal between FARC rebels and the government, new dangers are threatening their security.