The Valle del Cauca Assembly approved in first debate Project Ordinance 003 to apply Law 2453 of 2025 territorially against political violence towards women. Led by deputy Lina Segura, the project sets attention routes and institutional mechanisms amid ongoing barriers to women's participation. An academic forum at Universidad Santiago de Cali analyzed its implementation.
The Valle del Cauca Assembly approved on April 21, 2026, the first debate of Project Ordinance 003, led by deputy Lina Segura. It aims to translate Law 2453 of 2025—which prevents, sanctions, and eradicates political violence against women—into concrete territorial prevention, attention, and sanction mechanisms.
Departmental Secretary General Liza Rodríguez Galvis stressed the need to move from norm to action. “This is not a minor or symbolic issue. Political violence against women has been normalized for years, and today we are taking a step to denaturalize it with concrete actions from the territory,” she stated.
In a simultaneous academic forum at Universidad Santiago de Cali, with Gobernación officials and university members, Legal Administrative Department Director Diana Lorena Vanegas outlined the law's scope. “Law 2453 establishes sanctionable behaviors, defines attention routes, and strengthens protection mechanisms for women's political rights,” she said. Private Secretary Yurani Romero added: “Politics cannot remain a hostile scenario for women.”
These efforts highlight institutional challenges to combat delegitimization practices, symbolic, psychological, and structural violence affecting women's representation, as discussed in the sessions, according to Diario Occidente.
