Colombia passes new hate crime law building in tougher punishments for gender-based violence against women.

• The bill–passed with 104-3 in favor–targets violence of a physical, psychological, or sexual nature.
• Those convicted could now face up to 50 years in jail.
• The bill was named for Rosa Elvira Cely, a woman whose brutal attack, rape, and murder in a Bogota park spurred mass protests in 2012.

Presidential adviser for women’s equality Martha Ordonez said that in Colombia a woman was the victim of a violent act on average every 13 minutes, and that every four days one was killed by her partner.

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