Jineth Bedoya Lima - 10 Years Anne Klein Women’s Award

Jineth Bedoya Lima und Mayerlis Angarita Robles, Colombia - joint award winners in 2018 for their commitment to the rights of women and girls in armed conflicts, against the use of structural sexual violence against women and for peace and reappraisal in Colombia. Jineth Bedoya is a journalist who reports on armed conflicts and their civilian victims; Mayerlis Angarita fights for land restitution for forcibly displaced women and founded the women's collective "Narrar para Vivir" (Narrating to Live). With the Anne Klein Women’s Award, the Heinrich Böll Foundation honors women who courageously and persistently stand up for human rights, equal rights and sexual self-determination. More about Jineth Bedoya Lima and Mayerlis Angarita Robles https://www.boell.de/en/anne-klein-frauenpreis-2018-jineth-bedoya-und-mayerlis-angarita