Equality and Equity: Progress in Social Transformation in Colombia

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Equality and Equity: Progress in Social Transformation in Colombia

The high levels of inequality in Colombia made it an obvious necessity to create a Ministry of Equality and Equity. Less than six months after the beginning of the Government, the Congress of the Republic approved Bill 2281, which created this entity, and which was legally firm on January 4, 2023 with the presidential sanction in Istmina, Chocó. Six months later, on June 29, that same year, President Gustavo Petro Urrego appointed me as minister…