Across town, for the first time 1,500 Colombian women demonstrated against the President.

She was largely confined in her off hours to a small apartment with other Colombian women.

A few paces away, a club member filled out immigration forms for a Colombian woman.

You were the first Colombian woman to lift weights competitively.

To a Colombian woman just 21 years old and dirt-poor, the chance to earn $10,000 was too enticing to turn down.

That night, the man came in, greeted the Colombian woman, but went over to the Yugoslav's table.

Three decades later, the average Colombian woman has 2.7 children, about one-third the 1964 level of 7.4.

Aware that they may have to fend for themselves, Colombian women of all classes increasingly seek financial independence.

Twenty years ago, for every Colombian woman studying economics or business administration, there were three men.

But despite growing financial clout, Colombian women have been slow to win commensurate political power.