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14.9.2023

Ipas Bolivia alcanza a 4,506 Adolescentes en Cobija con Servicios de Salud Sexual y Atención Diferenciada

¡Un logro en la salud adolescente de Pando! Ipas Bolivia, en colaboración con el Centro de Salud "27 de mayo" y la Embajada de Alemania, ha brindado atención integral diferenciada a más de 4,500 adolescentes en la región; 2,254 mujeres y 2,252 varones. Todos ellos con edades comprendidas entre los 10 y los 19 años. Datos recabados en la segunda visita de acompañamiento que Ipas Bolivia realizó al Centro de Salud "27 de mayo" y al Punto Joven "27 de junio" el pasado 14 de septiembre.

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28.7.2023

"Uniendo fuerzas”: Ipas Bolivia aborda los Matrimonios y Uniones Infantiles Tempranas y Forzadas en un debate crucial con autoridades y partes interesadas

Ipas Bolivia en el marco de la campaña: “Ni esposas, ni concubinas: Las niñas son niñas” con el apoyo de la Embajada de la República Federal de Alemania en Bolivia, desarrollaron un conversatorio sobre “Matrimonios y Uniones Infantiles Tempranas y Forzadas”.

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21.7.2023

Ipas Bolivia con el apoyo de la Embajada de Alemania fortalecen el centro de salud “27 de mayo” de Pando en servicios de atención en prevención embarazo infantil y Atención Integral del Adolescente

Ipas Bolivia con apoyo de la Embajada de la República Federal de Alemania, realizó un fortalecimiento en la implementación del Servicio de AIDA en el Centro de Salud 27 de mayo, en la ciudad de Cobija - Pando.

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21.4.2023

Autocuidado con Sayana Press en comunidades quechuas

El pasado 13 de abril, Ipas Bolivia realizó el taller de “actualización en salud reproductiva y autocuidado” con orientadores voluntarios de la comunidad de San Antonio, Zudáñez, en el área rural del departamento de Chuquisaca.

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12.4.2023

Ipas Bolivia conmemora el Día de la niñez con el lema: “Pintemos una vida sin violencia”

Ipas Bolivia celebró el día de la niñez en dos unidades educativas de la ciudad de El Alto.

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10.4.2023

Ipas Bolivia orienta sobre métodos anticonceptivos en el albergue para migrantes “Casa Luz verde”

Ipas Bolivia desarrolló una socialización y promoción de servicios de salud con información sobre métodos anticonceptivos y prevención de violencia de género con población migrante de Venezuela en Bolivia.

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9.3.2023

Defensor del Pueblo entrega 150 “cajas de evidencia” a establecimientos de salud de todo el país

El Defensor del Pueblo, Pedro Callisaya, entregó este jueves 150 cajas de evidencia a establecimientos de salud de primer y segundo nivel del país, que servirán para tomar y recolectar muestras biológicas y genéticas en casos de agresiones sexuales y para garantizar la cadena de custodia.

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3.3.2023

IPAS BOLIVIA COMPROMETIDA CON LA SALUD SEXUAL Y REPRODUCTIVA DE LA POBLACIÓN MIGRANTE

Durante el mes de febrero, Ipas Bolivia retomó el trabajo que viene haciendo con población migrante. Junto al Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes (SJM) y un grupo de agentes comunitarios realizó una feria en la que se hicieron chequeos generales, se repartieron métodos anticonceptivos y se orientó a las y los migrantes para que puedan inscribirse al Sistema Único de Salud (SUS) y así poder cuidar su Salud Sexual y Reproductiva y su salud en general.

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2.3.2023

IPAS BOLIVIA EN COORDINACIÓN CON LA SENADORA VIRIGINIA VELASCO LOGRAN PRESENTAR UN PROYECTO DE LEY DE PROHIBICIÓN DE LOS MATRIMONIOS Y UNIONES LIBRES DE MENORES DE EDAD

Ipas Bolivia, en cumplimiento a sus objetivos de reducir los embarazos y la violencia contra niñas y adolescentes, generó una alianza estratégica con la Senadora Virginia Velasco.

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20.2.2023

RED DE ABOGADOS Y ABOGADAS EN DEFENSA DE LOS DERECHOS SEXUALES Y DERECHOS REPRODUCTIVOS DE IPAS BOLIVIA PREPARAN UN AMICUS CURIAE EN EL CASO BETARIZ Y OTROS VS EL SALVADOR

La Red de Abogados y Abogadas para la Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Derechos Reproductivos (DSDR) de Ipas Bolivia se presentó a la primera iniciativa de la Red Jurídica del Consorcio Latinoamericano contra el Aborto Inseguro (CLACAI) para elaborar un amicus en el caso “Beatriz y otros vs. El Salvador” que se presentará ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos (IDH).

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9.11.2022

Conoce las Historias de Agua Clara, un pueblo en el que los habitantes luchan constantemente contra la violencia y el machismo

En Ipas Bolivia queremos presentarte las Historias de Agua Clara, una audionovela ambientada en el pueblo ficticio de Agua Clara, pero que se inspira en muchos de los hechos que se viven en nuestro país a diario. Violencia física, psicológica y sexual, machismo, embarazos no planificados y otros temas crudos acompañarán a los personajes principales de esta obra.

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9.6.2022

Ipas Bolivia dona preservativos a la Policía Boliviana para la campaña del Gran Poder

Hoy Ipas donó 3.334 cajas de preservativos con 3 en cada una (un total de 10.000 preservativos) al Comando General de la Policía Boliviana a través de su Unidad de Género.

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15.3.2022

Ipas Bolivia holds "Update on Plurinational Constitutional Ruling 0206/2014" workshop for physicians and health care providers

On 15 March, Ipas Bolivia, together with the Short-Term Social Security Oversight Authority (ASUSS), held the workshop "Update on Plurinational Constitutional Ruling 0206/2014" that establishes the legal termination of pregnancy (ILE) at the Maternal and Child Hospital.

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8.3.2022

Young people commemorate Women's Day by rapping

8 March, International Women's Day, is a day to raise awareness and talk about violence against women. Every space that is generated should try to do its bit to raise awareness about this problem that is so persistent in our society. In this sense, Ipas Bolivia, in order to reach out to the young population of La Paz, organized a rhyme battle with the group O-Kru in which more than 30 young artists participated and left their message on this issue through their lyrics.

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8.3.2022

Ipas Bolivia donates medical materials and supplies to two hospitals in La Paz and El Alto

On March 8, International Women's Day, Ipas Bolivia donated medical supplies and materials to the Bajo San Pedro hospital in La Paz and the Centro de Referencia Ambulatorio (CRA) in El Alto, both of which are health centres that focus on free care for migrants, a growing population in Bolivia.

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4.3.2022

Carnival in Bolivia: a time for counselling, information and prevention of STIs, unwanted pregnancies and cases of sexual violence

As it does every year for Carnival, Ipas Bolivia organized a series of prevention, information and awareness-raising activities on sexual and reproductive rights (SRHR) in several Bolivian departments. These activities are carried out strategically in order to counteract the increase in cases of sexual violence, unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that affect Bolivian society and are on the rise for this holiday.

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15.12.2021

Organisations and activists demand a law on sexual rights in Bolivia

Trade unionists, activists and international organisations on Wednesday stressed the need for Bolivia to have a law on sexual and reproductive rights to guarantee the lives of girls and women, as well as to make policies against male violence effective.

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13.12.2021

SITUATION OF SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN BOLIVIA DURING THE 182ND SESSION OF THE IACHR

Ipas Bolivia presented to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) the legal and social obstacles to accessing legal abortion, and called on the Bolivian state to enact a law on sexual and reproductive rights.

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9.12.2021

Highlight CAT's charge to government on ensuring "absolute prohibition" of torture

In response to the Bolivian authorities' presentation of the report, the Committee regretted that in Bolivia the crime of torture has still not been criminalised as established in the Convention ratified by the State itself, "despite the fact that the State has registered 3,017 cases of torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment at the national level between 2013 and August 2021", according to figures from the Ombudsman's Office.

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7.12.2021

San Juan de Dios Hospital and Ipas Bolivia commit to first teleconsultation service in SRH

The San Juan de Dios Regional Hospital of Tarija (HRSJDT) with the support of Ipas Bolivia inaugurated the first sexual and reproductive health teleconsultation service in Tarija, Bolivia on Tuesday, 7 December.

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6.12.2021

HRW researcher: Bolivia must protect the rights of women and girls seeking legal abortions

The article by HRW Americas researcher César Muñoz begins with the case of the 11-year-old girl is not an isolated case.

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19.11.2021

Active Masculinities Networks in Bolivia commemorates Men's Day with a campaign in Sucre

During their third national meeting, the Networks of Active Masculinities in Bolivia held the first march against violence against women, in the framework of the Men's Day campaign.

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25.6.2021

Ipas Bolivia and Youth Directorate award winners of Chataboo competition

The "Chataboo" contest, organized by Ipas Bolivia and the Vice-Ministry of Equal Opportunities, through the Plurinational Youth Directorate, came to an end on Thursday 24 June with the award ceremony for the winners, whose videos beat out more than 90 entries, all from young people between the ages of 16 and 28.

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4.6.2021

Chataboo contest: an initiative of Ipas Bolivia and the Youth Directorate

On Friday, June 4, Ipas Bolivia and the Plurinational Youth Directorate launched the "Chataboo Contest" focused on addressing sexual and reproductive rights and teen pregnancy prevention. This was also to promote the Chataboo game, available on the Play Store, which is an important tool for learning about sexuality.

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12.5.2021

The Plurinational Youth Directorate invites young people to download Chataboo

On Tuesday 12 May, as part of the activities planned for the prevention of gender-based violence, the Plurinational Directorate of Youth held an event in which the play "Resilient" by the cast Albor was performed. At this event, Director Kelly Aruquipa also invited young people to download the Chataboo app, a game developed with Ipas Bolivia for the prevention of violence, teenage pregnancy and sexual and reproductive health care.

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8.5.2021

Ministry of Education and Ipas Bolivia work together to prevent sexual violence through education

On Saturday, May 8, at an event held at the American Institute in the city of Cochabamba, Ipas Bolivia, together with the Ministry of Education, launched the "Curriculum documents for the prevention of sexual violence in schools and colleges" kit.

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16.3.2021

Ipas Bolivia launched MAIVVS and MIAS applications with Ministry of Health

On March 10, Ipas Bolivia and the Ministry of Health presented the mobile applications MAIVVS (Manual de Atención Integral a Víctimas de Violencia Sexual) and MIAS (Manual Integral de Atención Segura), designed to improve the quality of sexual and reproductive health care and provide health-care providers with information in this area.

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8.3.2021

Ministry of Justice Youth Directorate and Ipas launch 'Chataboo' application

In commemoration of March 8, the digital application "Chataboo" was launched nationwide. It is an entertaining and educational video game for adolescents and young people that contains questions and answers aimed at preventing sexual violence and teenage pregnancy.

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26.1.2021

My Telecon: free sexual and reproductive health care during the COVID-19 pandemic

In response to the health crisis caused by COVID - 19, which reorganized the routine of health services leaving aside the attention in sexual and reproductive health, the teleconsultation service "Mi Telecon" arises, a free alternative that since September 2020 has been providing all Bolivian women sexual and reproductive health care through a system that allows users to attend a medical consultation in a non-presential manner from the comfort of your home via cell phone or computer.

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19.12.2020

Call: SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL, COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF QUALITATIVE INFORMATION FOR SOCIAL LEGAL RESEARCH

Non-profit organization invites professionals in the social and / or legal or related areas with more than two years of experience working on issues of Sexual and Reproductive Health, Sexual and Reproductive Rights.

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11.12.2020

Ipas Bolivia signs agreement with Ombudsman's Office

Ipas Bolivia signed an inter-institutional cooperation agreement with the Ombudsman's Office on Friday, December 11, 2020. The agreement was signed in order to continue working on sexual and reproductive rights, an issue on which the two institutions had already been working together.

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10.12.2020

Ombudsman's Office recognizes Ipas Bolivia for its work on DSDR

Ipas Bolivia's work on Sexual and Reproductive Rights (SRHR) was recognized this Thursday, December 10, by the Ombudsman's Office at the meeting "For a More Just and Peaceful Society," commemorating International Human Rights Day.

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25.11.2020

Forcing to continue with an unwanted pregnancy is also violence. Failure to comply with Constitutional Ruling 0206/2014.

In Bolivia, as in the rest of the world, violence against women is a structural problem that affects a large number of women and their families. According to the Survey of Prevalence and Characteristics of Violence against Women 2016[1], 75 out of every 100 married or cohabiting women suffered some type of violence by their partners.

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19.11.2020

Men's month for Ipas Bolivia

November 19 is Men's Day, and Ipas Bolivia has launched a month-long awareness-raising campaign on masculinities and gender-based violence prevention. As part of this campaign, specific activities are being carried out to inform, educate and, above all, involve men in this initiative. To this end, social networks have been the strong point of dissemination, although traditional media were also used.

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18.11.2020

Ipas Bolivia signs agreement with the State School of Judges

On Wednesday, November 18, Ipas Bolivia signed a framework agreement of institutional cooperation with the School of Judges of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (EJE).

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23.10.2020

1st Short Story Contest "The thousand and one ways in which men live our masculinities".

Ipas Bolivia invites men of all ages to participate in the contest on masculinities: "The thousand and one ways men live our masculinities" Participate until Nov. 5

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20.10.2020

Ombudsman's Report detects lack of knowledge among health care providers about the application of abortion

A report prepared by the Ombudsman's Office with support from Ipas Bolivia reveals that only 8 percent of 277 health-care providers in 44 health centers nationwide who were consulted know in which cases legal abortion (ILE) is appropriate.

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23.9.2020

Ipas Bolivia present at launch of "Previene te conviene" campaign

The Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency through the Vice Ministry of Equal Opportunities and the Plurinational Directorate of Youth in partnership with #IpasBolivia and other institutions, launched Tuesday, the campaign #PrevieneteConviene" in order to prevent unplanned pregnancies in adolescents.

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20.9.2020

Presentation of the ombudsman's report

The Bolivian Ombudsman's Office and Ipas Bolivia invite you to the presentation of the Ombudsman's Report "The Situation of Legal Termination of Pregnancy as a #Women's #HumanRight.