Outcome COL_D_1.1

By 2027, Colombia will have advanced in closing gaps and ensuring the access to rights of the people most affected by the armed conflict through the generation of opportunities for participation and socioeconomic inclusion to sustain territorial peace and social justice (verbatim UNSDCF Outcome 1.1).

In 2025, Colombia recorded tangible shifts in how protection, participation, and justice processes are carried out for populations affected by armed conflict—especially women human rights defenders, women peacebuilders, survivors of violence, youth, and LGBTIQ+ persons—contributing to territorial peacebuilding and social justice through a gender-responsive, intersectional, and rights-based approach. Women defenders and peacebuilders improved prevention and protection practices on the ground. Across 120 municipalities, 2,831 women human rights defenders and peacebuilders put collective prevention and protection strategies into operation , moving from risk awareness to coordinated action in their territories. In parallel, four emergency funds were activated and used to deliver immediate, life-saving responses for 450 people facing urgent threats—demonstrating improved ability to trigger rapid protection mechanisms when risk escalated. Conflict-affected women and youth also strengthened their pathways to recovery and protection: 768 women and 144 youth improved psychosocial and psycho-spiritual coping resources, and 50 cases received specialized psycho-legal accompaniment. Support to the handling of 14 homicides of girls, boys, and youth in Chocó contributed to advancing access to justice processes and guarantees of non-repetition. Duty-bearers adopted and embedded improved protection practices within institutional planning and response systems. A total of 761 public officials from 128 entities across 100 municipalities strengthened their ability to anticipate and respond to risk, which translated into more consistent use of prevention and timely response practices. Crucially, protection measures moved beyond ad hoc actions: 11 protection pathways for women defenders were integrated into prevention plans , with eight additional pathways under validation, reflecting institutional uptake and systematization of protection responses. In Antioquia, an inter-jurisdictional protocol advanced coordination between Indigenous and ordinary justice systems, strengthening how cases of violence against Indigenous women are handled across jurisdictions and improving prospects for reducing impunity. Participation and transitional justice processes increasingly reflect gender-responsive approaches in practice. Monitoring of the Framework Plan for Implementation (PMI) was strengthened through the update of gender indicators and the operation of the Special Instance for Women in 10 territories, reinforcing accountability for gendered commitments. SISEP integrated gender and intersectionality approaches to strengthen protection for peace signatories, social leaders, and LGBTIQ+ populations, addressing gaps in traceability and coordination. More than 1,200 victims—mainly survivors of sexual violence—received support for strategic litigation before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), while investigative and adjudication practices were reinforced through the application of international gender-justice standards. Policy and planning frameworks shifted toward sustained accountability and broader territorial reach. The legal adoption of the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security—NAP 1325 (Decree 1179/2025)—established a 10-year policy horizon and a follow-up mechanism with civil society participation, strengthening national accountability for implementation. In Cauca, Chocó, and Nariño, implementation advanced through ethnic and intersectional territorial agendas, coordination spaces with authorities, and dissemination of content in native languages—expanding reach and protection in high-risk contexts. The formulation process for the National Action Plan on Youth, Peace and Security (2250) also progressed, strengthening coherence between WPS and YPS agendas. Alongside, women peace signatories consolidated economic and organizational autonomy through productive initiatives and associative processes, strengthening administrative, financial, and commercial practices and expanding income-generation opportunities and sustainability of women-led enterprises. Humanitarian action became more gender-responsive through changes in analysis and planning practices. Colombia led the global pilot of the Gender Analysis Toolbox and generated recommendations applied in Cauca, while gender analysis was integrated into the 2026 Community Priorities Response Plan . Policy advocacy also ensured that priorities of women’s organizations were incorporated into UARIV’s contractual planning and DNP guidance , strengthening how humanitarian priorities are translated into institutional planning instruments. The programme “More Women Leaders, Less Risk” supported 175 women leaders in Cauca and Chocó to advance emergency preparedness, GBV referral pathways, and leadership in disaster risk management. Taken together, these results demonstrate meaningful outcome-level change: communities and institutions shifted from capacity gains to applied practices —operationalizing protection mechanisms, embedding pathways in prevention plans, strengthening gender-responsive monitoring and protection systems, and institutionalizing WPS/YPS frameworks—thereby creating more enabling conditions for women defenders, leaders, survivors, and peacebuilders to claim rights and contribute to peace consolidation in Colombia.