Contemporary Issues, Nominee
Colombia, (Re)Birth
Catalina Martin-Chico
01 June, 2017
Residents of a FARC demobilisation camp in San José del Guaviare, Colombia, line up as they did each morning as guerrillas to hear the latest news and be allocated tasks for the day.
Since the signing of a peace agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC rebel movement in 2016, there has been a baby boom among former female guerrillas, many living in the demobilization camps set up to help FARC members in the transition back to everyday life. Pregnancy was thought incompatible with guerrilla life. Women were obliged to put war before children, leaving babies with relatives or, some say, undergoing forced abortions—a charge FARC denies.
Catalina Martin-Chico
Catalina Martin-Chico, a franco-spanish photographer, lives in Paris. She trained at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York, where she lived for many years. ...
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