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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This research draws on three research projects dating back to 2004. The first project was
made possible through the receipt of a grant from the British Academy (SG-37793). It was
facilitated by a host of individuals and organisations working with or as part of the Colombian
community in London, especially Jake Lagnado, Dan Lewenstein, Laura Villegas, Oscar Silva,
Teresa Echeveri and Frances Carlisle. In particular, I would like to thank Flor Alba Robayo
who provided invaluable transcription and research assistance.
The second project was funded by a grant from the Leverhulme Trust (RF/7/2006/0080) to
whom I am very grateful. I would also like to thank Alba Arbelaez, Myriam Bell, Susana
Arposio, Alex Rutherford, Miriam Stanislaus, Davin McDermott, Patricia Oteyza, Mayra Tipan
and Graciela Cuba at Carila (currently and formerly). I am also indebted to my research
assistants, Carolina Velásquez, Flor Alba Robayo and Emilia Girardo who facilitated
interviews, conducted interviews and transcribed for me.
The final project was funded by the Trust for London and the Latin American Women‟s Rights
Service. In particular, I would like to thank Maria Isabel Irrurita, Tania Bronstein, Frances
Mubin Haq and Rachael Takens-Milne. I am also indebted to the research team who
conducted the questionnaires and in-depth interviews. These include: Marcela Benedetti, Luz
Dary Duque Parra, Yara Evans, Claudia Forero, Ana Carla Franca, Sara Santiago Chavez,
Olivia Sheringham, Mayra Tipán, Yenny Tovar, Vladimir Velásquez Cárdenas and Carolina
Velásquez Correa. In addition, Yara Evans conducted one of the focus group discussions and
Felicia Luvumba and Olivia Sheringham provided research assistance with data entry. I would
also like to thank the following people for facilitating the short questionnaire: Organisers of the
Carnaval del Pueblo and Tottenham carnival (2009), Latin American Chaplaincy, Vitoria
Nabas and Diego Fajardo at Nabas Legal Consultancy, Fausto Toapanta at Comunidad
Cristiana Internacional de Newham and the Brazilian Chaplaincy. Above all, Juan Camilo
Cock‟s role as co-ordinator of the project was invaluable and this project would not have been
possible to conduct without him. I am extremely grateful to Brian Linneker for all his statistical
research as well as Sarah Bradshaw for her insights on the project throughout.
Finally, I am deeply indebted to all the Colombians who participated in the three research
projects.
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