article_snippet.sent: But the abuse didn't stop there.
article_snippet.sent: During the conflict, atrocities were committed against women, who were used as a weapon of war.
article_snippet.sent: But what followed and what remains is a climate of terror, due to a deeply entrenched culture of impunity and discrimination.
article_snippet.sent: Many remain in power, and Military and paramilitary groups that committed barbaric acts during the war have not changed the way Military and paramilitary groups that committed barbaric acts during the war view women.
article_snippet.sent: Women are particularly vulnerable because of a deep-rooted gender bias and culture of misogyny.
article_snippet.sent: In many cases, femicide -- the killing of a woman simply because of a woman gender -- is carried out with shocking brutality with some of the same strategies used during the war, including rape, torture and mutilation.
article_snippet.sent: This prevailing culture of machismo and an institutionalized acceptance of brutality against women leads to high rates of violence.
article_snippet.sent: Rights groups say machismo not only condones violence, it places the blame on the victim.
article_snippet.sent: Women Elizabeth Quiroa says "They are subject to rape, violence and forced participation in the drug trade.
article_snippet.sent: her  husband is now spending 27 years behind bars.
article_snippet.sent: But millions of other women trapped in a cycle of violence are facing dangerous and frightening futures.