Invisible victims: How Colombia plans to support kids orphaned by femicide | Women’s Rights News

Bogota, Colombia – The news made her breath catch in her throat. There, on her Facebook feed, was a post with an image of her mother’s ex-boyfriend.

The caption announced a femicide: the intentional murder of a woman because of her gender.

Jennyfer Ramirez was only 17 years old at the time, a high-school student and the eldest of three siblings. She had been waiting at her uncle’s house, where her mother, 33-year-old Leidy Navarrete, was expected to arrive.

It was December 23, 2022. Only…