Nashira: Peace And Prosperity In Colombia's Matriarchal Village
by The Daily Eye Team November 15 2016, 11:35 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 27 secsWhen Margarita's daughter was caught in crossfire between local drug cartels and shot in the head at the age of nine, she decided something had to change. Her options were limited: Their home, Palmira, had recently been decreed the eighth most violent city in the world, a standard that many Colombians have come to accept as depressingly normal in a country suffering the world's longest continuous civil war. So Margarita was amazed to discover Nashira, a haven for female enterprise, just miles from the city.