Maria Gladys Noguera

Maria Gladys Noguera had to flee with her three kids and her husband to Tulua because of the violence from the conflict in the countryside. When she was younger, she lived with a couple who fought a lot. The husband, the manager of a big coffee plantation, always carried a rifle to protect the coffee. He mostly used it to threaten his wife, Gladys, and his 9 year old son, until one day, he shot and wounded his wife in the leg.

Photo by Rebecca Gerome, 2009 AP Fellow, Partner: IANSA/Colectivo Mujeres Pazificas, Location: Tulua, Colombia