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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. 

Eidanis Lamadrid, a founding member of the City of Women, stands in front of a neighbor's home. “I’m not sure that the peace process will bring peace here,” she said, referring to the Colombian government's peace deal with the FARC rebel group.

These Colombian women built their own city to escape violence. But peace is still elusive.

Conflict

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.