Sophie, whose trip came at the request of the Government, flew to Bogotá to champion the survivors of conflict-related sexual violence. She began her stay by meeting the country’s first AfroColombian Vice President, Francia Márquez, a celebrated environmental activist and minister of equality and equity.
She then paid a moving visit to the capital’s Centre for Memory, Peace and Reconciliation, where she met survivors of sexual violence committed during Colombia’s 52-year internal armed conflict and tenderly hugged the mother of one of its victims.
That conflict, which was fought between the government, FARC revolutionaries and other guerrilla groups, far-right paramilitaries and crime syndicates, has disproportionate had a effect on women and girls, many of whom are survivors of conflict-related sexual violence.
The Duchess also joined a discussion with women from the Colombian armed forces to hear about their work supporting the UN’s Women, Peace and Security agenda.
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Later, Sophie flew south to Cali, where she was persuaded to try out some dance moves at the Somos Pacificos cultural centre.
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