Bogotá, 14 Mar The legislative elections and presidential consultations in Colombia were posed as a challenge for Colombian politicians and leaders who have been trying, for years, to consolidate their presence and leave behind the lack of representation in the organs of power. In this sense, the elections brought with them some milestones in the feminist career in Colombian politics, but they also showed that women are still far from achieving greater. The presence of Estamos Listas, the first feminist movement to enter the race to Congress, was one of the most celebrated novelties in the country, as it was a feminist list in which women predominated, 11 compared to five men. Esmos Listas, which was born in the department of Antioquia due to the need for a greater female presence in Colombian power circles, managed to collect more than 108,000 votes which, although they were not enough to enter the Colombian Senate, put them on the national path from the regional road they were walking so far. “Feminists stood up and stood up with the clear purpose of dignifying the political exercise with transparency and political imagination: a policy that dignifies us,” the movement celebrated after learning about the results obtained. This feminist movement won a chair in the Medellín Council in 2019, its first public office in the institutions of state power. “We are ready and standing to ensure a democratic transition with economic, social and environmental justice for the construction of a peaceful future for Colombia. We are no longer the same, nor is this country the same” In this regard, Estamos Listas gave clues as to what is in store for them in the future: “2023, here we go!” , posted on their social networks to refer to that year's local elections. WOMEN'S MILESTONES Another of the most celebrated milestones in Colombia was the black social and environmental leader Francia Márquez, the revelation at the polls that became the third most voted candidate in the interparty consultations. Márquez became the surprise of the day when he managed to collect more than 780,000 votes, a figure that would bring her closer to a possible vice-presidential formula of the leftist Gustavo Petro, who won over the Historic Pact consultation to which they both aspired. Another protagonist was María Fernanda Cabal, one of the strongest politicians of Uribism that aspired to the presidential candidacy, but who eventually went to the Senate and managed to be the second most voted candidate and the woman who has received the most votes in history in the congressional elections, with almost 200,000. In the case of special constituencies for peace, seats for victims of the Colombian conflict, the feminist organization Narrar para Vivir, which has been defending the rights of women who were victims of sexist and sexual violence in the Montes de María for years, won the seat of this Caribbean area. Despite the fact that the feminist organization won, instead of being elected the woman of the duo, Mayerlis Angarita, her partner Luis Ramiro Ricardo Buelvas won more votes. PENDING SUBJECT Despite having made some progress at the polls, female political representation in Colombia remains a pending issue: of the 102 Senate seats, only 31 won a seat, even though this year was the time when more women sought a place in the Upper House. Only four of the main Senate lists were headed by women and only three could guarantee, thanks to a rack system, that the number of seats would be equal. In the case of the House of Representatives, the figures are not very encouraging either: according to the results of the Registrar's Office, which could vary slightly in recent days, there are 46 seats won by women out of a total of 165 representatives. CHIEF lmg/mg/ yaa