Biography
Patricia Guerrero Acevedo Patricia Guerrero Acevedo' (born 28 May 1956. Bucaramanga) is a Colombian lawyer and feminist activist. Guerrero is a criminal lawyer specializing in international humanitarian law. She is committed to human rights and against violence in gender relations and was the first lawyer in Colombia to address rape in marriage. She campaigned for the legalisation of abortion, especially in cases of pregnancy resulting from rape. She is the founder of the Liga de Mujeres Desplazadas (LMD), dedicated to women and children who have been victims of displacement due to political violence. In 2003, she founded the Ciudad de las Mujeres, a settlement that provides a home for such women. She filed criminal complaints with the Colombian Attorney General's Office for more than a hundred cases of sexualized...
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