EN 
ES We reject the violence against Yendri Velásquez and Luis Alejandro Peche, Venezuelan activists in Bogotá.
On the afternoon of Monday 13 October, two Venezuelan citizens were victims of an attack with firearms in the city of Bogotá. They are Luis Alejandro Peche, political analyst, and Yendri Velásquez, human rights defender, LGBTIQ+ activist and member of the Dejusticia fellows programme. Yendri was at the [...]
Colombia Diversa at the congressional hearing on the Gender Identity Law.
Colombia Diversa has been defending the rights of LGBTIQ+ people in our country for more than 20 years, which can be summarised as the right to exist, to express their identity and to live the way they want to. During this time, Colombia has made progress in respecting the life and dignity of LGBTIQ+ people in our country.
Special Tax Regime Update - 2024
In compliance with the provisions of the Tax Statute and the provisions of the DIAN for entities belonging to the Special Tax Regime, the documentation corresponding to the update process for the year 2024 is published. For personal data protection purposes, the certification of compliance with requirements was published with the identification information [...].
Colombia Diversa receives decoration from Congress
Good morning. It is a great honour for me to receive this recognition. On behalf of Colombia Diversas, its board of directors, its work team and all the students, volunteers, donors and all the people who have joined this common cause of making Colombia a more inclusive and diverse Colombia. Thanks to the Senate [...]
SJP recognises bias-based violence against LGBTIQ+ boys and girls
In a landmark decision, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has recognised the specific affectations suffered by LGBTIQ+ children within the ranks of the FARC-EP. In the Order of Determination of Facts and Conduct of Macro Case 07, which investigates the recruitment and use of children by the FARC-EP, the JEP has [...]
How to identify prejudice in violence against LGBTIQ+ people?
Since 2013, Colombia Diversa has been developing a series of criteria indicators to identify what gender-based persecution, specifically motivated by prejudice on the basis of Sexual Orientation, Expression and Gender Identity (SOGI), looks like and to report how its elements are or are not met. The table presented below is [...]
Chief Of Party - Terms of Reference
Position: Chief Of Party Duration: Long-term (1-5 years). Starting October 2024- depends on donor funding approval Location: Bogotá, Colombia, with occasional travel to project sites as determined by the Project Director. Project Title: Empower LGBTQI+: Strengthening Protections, Inclusion and Rights Across Latin America and the Caribbean ("Empower LGBTQI+), financed by USAID Introduction The Chief of Party (CoP) will be [...]
Collection of Dreams: the photo exhibition that called for an end to violence against transgender people in Colombia
With a photo exhibition, the Liga de Salud Trans, Profamilia, Colombia Diversa, the Embassy of the Netherlands and the Embassy of the European Union in Colombia called on society to eliminate any kind of violence against trans people in the country. Bogotá, 17 May 2024 - In the framework of the [...]
Justice for a family discriminated against at a Medellín clinic
Colombia Diversa celebrates the fact that Juan's family, made up of his two mothers, Laura and Camila, have obtained the justice they were seeking after being discriminated against twice in a clinic in Medellín. The story goes back to 2020, when Laura and Camila took Juan, a three year old boy, to a clinic in Medellín.
In memory of Aldinebin Ramos
Last Saturday, Asociación Chaparral Diversa and Colombia Diversa organised a vigil with more than 40 people at the Parque de los Presidentes in Chaparral to honour the life of Aldinebin, who was murdered last February 6th in her home by armed men. For Colombia Diversa, "what is lost when you [...]
