Social problems in health, housing, and education of the afro-descendent community in the department of Cordoba Colombia

Abstract

Afro-Colombian communities in our country have been subject to the vulnerability of their rights for decades, so much so that this phenomenon is reflected in the statistics of the different censuses conducted throughout the territory. For this reason, the objective of this article of reflection seeks to verify the state of the matter, taking information from 2005 to 2015, aimed at the whole community in general to know more closely the situation that Afros are living in Colombia and the department of Cordoba, in relevant aspects such as health, education, housing, and then in a second work to verify how much progress has been made so far. In turn, in order to identify the problem, this researcher made a documentary review and bibliographical consultation of primary and secondary sources that led to the fulfillment of the objective. As a result, it was possible to bring to light the identification of policies, recommendations and causes that different international, state and private organizations have been working on these aspects in order to design a solution proposal to improve the situation of marginality and inclusion of which the alluded communities have historically been victims. Finally, it is concluded by indicating that, with respect to aspects related to culture, race and customs, these communities continue to be mistreated, a phenomenon that has had an evolutionary behavior in most nations, in what has been the human evolution.