Nancy Sanchez
/Overview
Nancy Sánchez Méndez born Bucamaranga, Santander, Colombia September 27, 1968. Journalist and peace activist in Colombian civil conflict. Co-founded Network of Trainers of Peace in Putumayo, 1996. Attended peace talks in Costa Rica, 2000. Organized protests against American drug war initiative Plan Colombia's tactics of militarization and fumigation, 2001. Coordinated La Ruta Pacifica de las Mujeres (“Women’s Peaceful Road”) national speak-out of 3,500 women against Plan Colombia, 2003. Founded Women’s Alliance of Putumayo, 2005. Joined Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Women PeaceMakers Program, 2012.
Quotations
“My heart wants peace always. Always we work with the organizations for peace. But my principal question is, what kind of peace is this? Peace without the participation of civil society, without women’s organizations? I don’t like this kind of peace. Peace is about [addressing] the inequalities, the discrimination—the social, economic and political discrimination.” (Sara Koenders, “The Right to Speak,” p. 56; photo sandiego.edu)