00:02To start, why is it important for Suecia to be an ally of Colombia in the fight for equality?
00:09Thank you for the question. Suecia has been an ally of Colombia for the construction of peace since decades.
00:17We are still being it, now we are a country with the table of negotiations with the ILN
00:24and we think that it is fundamental that women participate in the construction of peace.
00:32The figures show that a peace agreement has much more probability of maintaining time
00:41if women have participated in the peace negotiations.
00:48And the final agreement, in 2016, in Havana, tells us how it is important that women are present in these
00:59negotiations.
01:00This agreement is an international reference in terms of gender equality, in terms of gender equality in the agreement.
01:09Suecia has a role as an international partner in the agreement.
01:15That's why we try to support Colombia in terms of gender equality.
01:22The participation of women in peace negotiations is just an example.
01:26In the document we are going to see how women are affected by the conflict.
01:33And sometimes it is very difficult for those women to listen to their voices from the territories.
01:44This document is an attempt, with a megaphone in some sense, to listen to those voices.
01:53And the women of Colombia are inspiring in that sense.
01:59Colombia has an experience in women, peace and security, to share with the world.
02:06And that's why we work very well with the Council and the Vice-Ministra Laura Hill,
02:11who is leading this work to build a national action plan for the implementation of 1325,
02:21the resolution of the United Nations on peace, security and women.
02:25Here, Colombia is an international reference.
02:28That should be known in the world.
02:31We hope that this document can contribute to that.
02:34Also, what we have seen with this document,
02:39what you will see is that at the same time we have been working with women in the territories,
02:47to enable their periodistic capacity,
02:52so that they also, in a periodistic way, tell their stories.
02:58Embajadora, why is it important to see this document?
03:02Why would you invite the readers of Chromos to go and see it?
03:08Well, I think it is very important to see how women in Colombia have lived the conflict.
03:18Of course, that is an example.
03:20But it is an example of women in the territories, how they have lived the conflict,
03:25how they have overcome the challenges of the consequences of the conflict.
03:31And now, today, how they are protagonists to build a country and to build a lasting peace in Colombia.
03:41Embajadora, one last question.
03:43Why is it important to support the peace process?
03:45I feel very hopeful and I would like to share that hope
03:49with many Colombians who sometimes don't have it.
03:53No, I think that from Suecia, we always thought that we should solve conflicts by dialogue.
04:02We have built our society so.
04:05Yes, Suecia has had many wars.
04:07But, fortunately, since 200 years we have no conflict armed in Suecia.
04:14And we have worked a lot in that field of solving conflicts by dialogue.
04:22And Suecia was one of the poorest countries in Europe for 150 years, more or less.
04:30Today it is the most innovative country in Europe and one of the most rich countries in Europe.
04:38So, peace is worth it.
04:40Because peace is going to build sustainable development.
04:44It is going to build economic development.
04:46It is going to build possibilities in the territories.
04:50And we want to be an ally with Colombia to achieve that.
04:55I wanted to tell you that all can have to do with you with your friends and here we are.
05:04Thank you, Embedidora.
