In the first half of 2024, the Libres y Conectadas coalition – including Karisma, Artemisas, FLIP and others – played a key role in reshaping Colombia’s draft Digital Gender Violence Bill. Following public criticism of an earlier version, the coalition was invited into a technical working group convened by three members of Congress.
Through this process, civil society advocates helped draft a revised bill that centres victims’ rights and includes urgent protection orders, specialised authorities, and safeguards for freedom of expression. A parliamentary roundtable hosted by the Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá brought together legislators and experts to debate implementation challenges and ensure the bill’s compatibility with broader rights frameworks.
Screenshot from Karisma’s director Carolina Botero’s blog post in El Espectador, ‘La inútil y costosa plataforma para denunciar violencia digital que no debe crearse’, published on 1 June 2024
