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28.11.2024

25% de las universitarias de la UMSA afirman haber sufrido acoso sexual

Un estudio realizado por la Coordinadora de la Mujer y la Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA) determina que 2,5 de cada 10 estudiantes mujeres de esa casa de estudios superiores sufrieron alguna vez acoso sexual, durante su vida universitaria.

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28.11.2024

Cáncer de próstata: Aumento de casos en el país resalta la necesidad de prevención y diagnóstico temprano

El cáncer de próstata es una de las principales enfermedades que afectan a la población masculina en Bolivia. De acuerdo con datos del Programa Nacional de Lucha Contra el Cáncer (PNLCC) del Ministerio de Salud y Deportes, entre 2016 y 2020 se registraron 3.001 casos nuevos y 905 defunciones asociadas a esta enfermedad, lo que representa una tasa de mortalidad del 30,2 %...

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15.11.2024

Una de cada tres niñas es abusada sexualmente antes de los 18 años

La Fundación Una Brisa de Esperanza (FUBE), Familias Saludable y la Fuerza Especial de Lucha Contra la Violencia (Felcv) informaron ayer que los delitos de violación y abuso sexual a niñas, niños y adolescentes se incrementaron.

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11.11.2024

Fiscalía implementa cinco despachos para atender víctimas de violencia de género en La Paz

Como ya anunció, el fiscal general del Estado, Roger Mariaca, durante el juramento a su cargo, de luchar “con firmeza» para erradicar, entre otros, la violencia de género, en las últimas horas implementó cinco nuevos despachos para la atención a víctimas de violencia en La Paz.

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11.11.2024

Mujeres de Chile, Perú y Bolivia refuerzan lazos en Encuentro Binacional por la Eliminación de la Violencia

La instancia tuvo como objetivo reflexionar y fortalecer lazos entre las mujeres de Chile, Perú e invitadas especiales de Bolivia.

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28.10.2024

El Alto activa Comité de Educación para prevenir embarazos en adolescentes

La comisión se encargará de realizar charlas, cursos y capacitaciones en unidades educativas de los 14 distritos.

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27.10.2024

En cuatro años, el uso de métodos anticonceptivos creció en 51% en el país

A través de campañas de socialización, se ha logrado un mejor acceso a los servicios de salud por las mujeres en edad fértil. Entre ellos, a la salud sexual y salud reproductiva, la orientación en métodos anticonceptivos y el uso de éstos.

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18.10.2024

Senadora Velasco socializa en Cobija anteproyecto de ley derechos sexuales

La senadora Virginia Velasco socializó en la ciudad de Cobija, Pando, el anteproyecto de Ley Derechos Sexuales y Derechos Reproductivos en la Escuela Superior de Formación de Maestros.

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8.10.2024

Mujer. Embarazo, duro golpe socioeconómico en las adolescentes

Una menor participación en el mercado laboral con un alto costo de oportunidad son algunos de los aspectos analizados en un estudio sobre embarazo adolescente en Bolivia en el que se recomienda que se mejoren las estrategias de prevención y se aplique una “educación integral de la sexualidad” en el país.

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4.10.2024

Defensoría del Pueblo socializa el informe defensorial "Sueños Interrumpidos", en Santa Cruz

La Defensoría del Pueblo, a través de la Delegación Defensorial Departamental de Santa Cruz, realizó la presentación del informe defensorial “Sueños Interrumpidos”, donde se expone las vulneraciones de los derechos humanos de niñas y adolescentes mujeres, a consecuencia de Matrimonios y Uniones Infantiles, Tempranas y Forzadas (MUITF) y Embarazos Infantiles Forzados ( EIF).

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4.10.2024

En 3 años y medio se registraron 7.181 denuncias de estupro en Bolivia, tipo penal que encubre violaciones

Desde hace más de un año, organizaciones nacionales e internacionales piden al Estado modificar las tipo penal de violación y abrogar el de estupro, para dar cumplimiento a las recomendaciones de la Corte IDH.

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3.10.2024

Cáncer cervicouterino: Materno atiende hasta 5 mujeres en etapa avanzada por semana

Autoridades en salud destacan la importancia de la vacuna contra el Virus de Papiloma Humano (VPH), antes de los 14 años, como método efectivo de prevención.

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3.10.2024

Bolivia se adhiere a Junta Asesora sobre Equidad de Género del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas

Bolivia forma parte de la primera Junta Asesora sobre Equidad de Género del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas (CDHNU), a través de la embajadora Maira Macdonal, representante del país ante organismos internacionales en Ginebra, Suiza.

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29.9.2024

Adolescentes buscan información: ‘¿Cómo cuidarme en mi primera vez?’

Las relaciones sexuales sin protección exponen a embarazos no planificados y a enfermedades de transmisión sexual. Hay quienes deben hacer un cambio de planes.

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4.9.2024

Los embarazos adolescentes disminuyeron un 39% entre 2015 y 2023

Los motivos, según el Ministerio de Salud, estarían relacionados con una mayor educación sexual y reproductiva en los adolescentes, quienes incrementaron el uso de métodos anticonceptivos.

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30.8.2024

De casi ocho hijos a sólo dos en 50 años: así bajó la tasa de fecundidad en Bolivia

Según los datos del Censo de Población y Vivienda, la natalidad en el país descendió a dos hijos por mujer. Los datos revelan que las mujeres procrean a mayor edad y que con la pandemia aumentaron los divorcios.

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27.8.2024

Google descubre un caso de violencia sexual infantil en Bolivia

Un reporte de Google de 2023 detectó un caso de explotación sexual infantil en Bolivia. El hecho fue investigado y se aprehendió a un implicado, un joven de 22 años de la ciudad de La Paz, quien habría abusado de familiares menores de edad.

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19.8.2024

Bolivia registra más de 30.000 casos de violencia; el 75% se concentra en el eje central

La violencia doméstica y el abuso sexual son los hechos más recurrentes, según datos del Ministerio Público.

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11.8.2024

Violencia sexual: pesadillas, aislarse, agresividad y otros son alertas

Entre el 1 de enero y el 24 de junio de este año, el Ministerio Público registró 24.126 casos de violencia en razón de género, un incremento de casi 600 casos más a comparación con 2023.

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9.8.2024

Alertan sobre el "marcado incremento" de la violencia sexual contra menores en Bolivia

La Defensoría del Pueblo de Bolivia hizo un llamado este viernes a permanecer en "alerta nacional" ante el "marcado incremento" de los casos de violencia sexual contra niños y adolescentes en el último año.

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27.7.2024

Dos leyes vigentes en Bolivia permitieron el matrimonio de 487 niñas y 4.804 adolescentes

Dos leyes vigentes en Bolivia avalan que niñas y adolescentes hasta los 17 años se casen con varones mayores de edad lo que, según denuncias de defensores de derechos humanos, las expone a abusos sexuales, abandono y embarazos no deseados.

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9.7.2024

Bolivia registra al menos 28 crímenes de odio, 21 son transfeminicidios

Dos casos tienen sentencia, el resto está impune. El día Mundial de las Diversidades Sexuales y Género encuentra a Bolivia sin muchos avances en el tema de acceso a la justicia para la comunidad LGTBIQ+.

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2.7.2024

Ya son 24.000 denuncias de violencia contra la mujer en el primer semestre, denuncia la Casa de la Mujer

Avanza la epidemia de los feminicidios e infanticidios en Bolivia. Ya son 45 mujeres que fueron asesinadas debido a la violencia machista entre enero y junio de este año.

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1.7.2024

Bolivia registra 5.291 matrimonios y 458.246 embarazos de menores en los últimos 10 años

Bolivia ha registrado en los últimos 10 años 4.804 matrimonios de adolescentes entre los 16 y 17 años, mientras que las uniones de niñas de 12 a los 15 años suman 487, además de 458.246 embarazos de menores de edad, según el informe 'Sueños Interrumpidos' que ha presentado la Defensoría del Pueblo.

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1.7.2024

Bolivia reporta 45 feminicidios y 19 infanticidios en el primer semestre del año

La Fiscalía de Bolivia informó este lunes que en los seis primeros meses de 2024 se reportaron 45 feminicidios y 19 infanticidios, y que en la mayoría de los casos los agresores están en prisión preventiva.

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27.6.2024

En Bolivia ascienden a 24.126 los casos de violencia en razón de género

La Directora de la Fiscalía Especializada en Delitos en Razón de Género y Juvenil, Alejandra Rocha, informó este miércoles que de acuerdo al registro de casos ingresados en el Ecosistema Justicia Libre del Ministerio Público, del 01 de enero al 24 de junio en el país se tienen 24.126 casos de Violencia en Razón de Género relacionados a la Ley Integral para Garantizar a las Mujeres una Vida Libre de Violencia.

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25.6.2024

Bolivia registra 5.291 matrimonios y 458.246 embarazos de menores en los últimos 10 años

Bolivia registró en los últimos 10 años 4.804 matrimonios de adolescentes entre los 16 y 17 años, mientras que las uniones conyugales de niñas de 12 a los 15 años suman 487, además de 458.246 embarazos de menores de edad, según el informe 'Sueños Interrumpidos' que presentó este martes la Defensoría del Pueblo.

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10.6.2024

Alertan que ausencia de enfoque de género afecta derechos a mujeres privadas de libertad

Infraestructura inadecuada, atención de salud insuficiente y falta de acceso a la educación superior, son algunos de los factores que inciden en restar derechos a las privadas de libertad. Esta situación se debe a la falta de un enfoque de género en el sistema penitenciario, señaló la investigadora y abogada Luisa Chipana.

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5.6.2024

Feministas en Bolivia alertan de cambios que podrían generar retrocesos en la ley de violencia

Cientos de organizaciones feministas en Bolivia han rechazado unos cambios propuestos por senadores oficialistas a la Ley 348, oficialmente conocida como la Ley para garantizar a las mujeres una vida libre de violencia, con los que se busca, dicen, generar retrocesos en "el derecho de las víctimas de violencia al acceso a la justicia".

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2.6.2024

Aborto clandestino, un mal que cobra vida y salud de las mujeres año tras año en Bolivia

Las historias de Adriana y Mercedes son solo dos de los numerosos casos de abortos que se producen diariamente en Bolivia. Estas situaciones representan vidas que se ven truncadas o perjudicadas, enfrentando complicaciones de salud que pueden desembocar en infecciones o incluso en la muerte.

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29.5.2024

Bolivia registra 35 feminicidios y 18 infanticidios en lo que va de 2024

El informe actualizado incluye los dos últimos casos de feminicidios, uno ocurrido en el altiplano de La Paz, en el municipio de Achacachi, y otro en Charcas, Chuquisaca.

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17.5.2024

El 99,3 % de los casos de violencia de género quedan impunes en Bolivia

El 99,3 % de los casos de violencia de género quedan en la impunidad en Bolivia por rechazos, abandono o sobreseimiento de las denuncias, según han alertado activistas que se han manifestado contra la reforma a la ley contra la violencia machista planteada por senadores oficialistas que consideran que esa norma es "antihombres".

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13.5.2024

Bolivia forma facilitadores de anticoncepción inmediata post evento obstétrico

El país, a través del Ministerio de Salud y Deportes (MSyD), en coordinación con la Organización Panamericana de la Salud/Organización Mundial de la Salud (OPS/OMS) y una misión oficial del Centro Latinoamericano de Perinatología, Salud de la Mujer, y Reproductiva (CLAP/SMR), realizó capacitaciones a facilitadores para promover la estrategia del AIPEO para ampliar y mejorar el acceso a métodos anticonceptivos luego de un parto, cesárea o aborto. La estrategia AIPEO forma parte de las políticas de reducción de la morbi mortalidad materna.

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12.5.2024

Personas con VIH y otras vulnerables sufren discriminación en acceso a salud

En 2017 hubo 111 casos en 7 años, en 2018 fueron 5, en 2019 llegaron a 26, en 2020 fueron 9, en 2021 sumaron 22, en 2022 sumaron 21, y en 2023 fueron 11 reportes.

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5.5.2024

Consolidan interrupción legal de embarazo en menor de 11 años

Primó la norma a protesta de activistas que intentaban que la menor violada se convierta en madre.

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30.4.2024

Denuncian que el 99,3 % de los casos de violencia doméstica quedan impunes en Bolivia

El 99,3 % de los casos de violencia doméstica quedan en la impunidad en Bolivia por rechazos, abandono o sobreseimiento de las denuncias, alertaron este martes activistas que se manifestaron contra la reforma a la ley contra la violencia machista planteada por senadores oficialistas que consideran que esa norma es "antihombres".

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25.4.2024

26 feminicidios y 16 infanticidios se han registrado en Bolivia en lo que va del año

La Paz es el departamento con mayor número de casos de feminicidio e infanticidios.

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21.4.2024

Piden cambiar la 348: la usan con falsas denuncias y no paró violencia a la mujer

Luego de 11 años de vigencia de la Ley 348, la normativa se encuentra en el ojo de la tormenta debido a que hay sectores y autoridades que sostienen que esta norma se utiliza de manera dolosa contra los varones, aspecto que es rechazado por considerar que las observaciones vienen de grupos misóginos y machistas. Otro argumento es que, pese a la vigencia de este cuerpo legal, la violencia y los feminicidios se mantienen en niveles elevados.

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21.4.2024

Mujeres en Bolivia buscan la legalización del aborto seguro para evitar muertes maternas

Bolivia es el segundo país de Latinoamérica con mayores índices de violencia sexual y embarazos adolescentes.

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12.4.2024

Senadora socializa en Noruega el anteproyecto de ley derechos sexuales y derechos reproductivos

La futura norma contempla los siguientes lineamientos generales: a). La planificación y gestión pública y los servicios de salud sexual y salud reproductiva con las políticas de prevención y la atención integral multidisciplinaria.

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11.4.2024

En cinco años, registran 109 renuncias por acoso y violencia política en Bolivia

En un contexto político marcado por la intimidación y la violencia, las mujeres en Bolivia están enfrentando desafíos significativos para su participación plena en la vida política del país.

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28.3.2024

An average of 61 teenagers become pregnant every day in Bolivia

Most pregnancies are the result of sexual violence. Women who become mothers at an early age are less likely to be able to study or get a good job.

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21.3.2024

Study reveals that one out of every two women suffered physical or sexual violence in Bolivia

One out of every two women and four out of every ten adolescents have suffered physical or sexual violence in their lives in Bolivia, according to a study presented on Thursday that also ratified the low confidence in the questioned judicial system to ensure reparation to the victims of these events.

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8.3.2024

Bolivia sets alarm bells ringing in cases of femicide with increasingly younger victims

Bolivia commemorates International Women's Day with the persistent problem of violence against women and concern about cases of violent deaths with increasingly younger victims, such as the case of Noelia, a teenage human rights activist whose murderers were two minors.

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8.3.2024

UN in Bolivia calls for ensuring investment in gender equality policies

The United Nations in Bolivia (UN-Bolivia) called on Friday, International Women's Day, for the country's public and private sectors to invest in policies and programs to "build equality" between men and women.

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2.3.2024

Can a batterer be rehabilitated? More than 6,000 men have left the cycle of violence

In one of his first group therapies in the Men of Peace program, Ronald broke down and admitted that he was violent. At first, he showed resistance and even asked: "I'm not crazy, why did they send me here". Day after day, and after listening to the testimonies of 11 other men denounced for domestic violence, he dared to tell the truth and revealed that he had mistreated his wife and children.

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22.2.2024

UN condemns feminicide of teenage human rights activist in Bolivia

The United Nations System in Bolivia condemned on Friday the femicide of a 17 year old teenager who was a human rights activist and who a few days ago was found dead and with signs of sexual violence in the Bolivian city of El Alto, neighboring La Paz.

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20.2.2024

Church in Bolivia moves forward with action protocols for the reception of sexual abuse reports

The National Listening Commission of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference, which began operating in June 2023, is advancing in its task of receiving and accompanying possible victims of abuse within the Church, reflects ACI Prensa, a Catholic news portal.

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19.2.2024

Alarming Rate: More than 4,500 inmates in Bolivia are accused of child rape

Of the crimes related to rape (38.4%), rape of children and adolescents is the most common among the country's inmates. Of all inmates, 15.9% perpetrated rape against minors. Drug trafficking and robbery and aggravated robbery are secondary crimes.

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10.2.2024

A campaign against male violence in the Bolivian carnival

Carnival is one of the most important festivities in Bolivia, but it is also, unfortunately, where very worrying figures of violence against women are registered every year, a reality that Pro Mujer and UN Women organizations want to change through the campaign #SinMáscarasSinViolencia (NoMasksWithoutViolence).

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8.2.2024

Legislative keeps the law for femicide orphans frozen, denounced

In May 2023, the Association submitted a bill for the Orphans of Femicide Law to the Chamber of Deputies, and to date there has been no progress.

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31.1.2024

January closes with six femicides, 50% less than in the same month in 2023

The crimes against women occurred in Cochabamba, La Paz, Tarija and Potosí. The perpetrators are partners and ex-partners of the victims.

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22.1.2024

Assaulted and forced to sign, political violence against women increases in Bolivia

Threats, aggressions, salary withholding and pressure to sign "shared agreements" are some of the situations experienced by women authorities in Bolivia, a reality that increased in 2023 with 151 cases of harassment and political violence registered.

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19.1.2024

Institutions negotiate law for the care of feminicide orphans

Among the proposals are to provide these children and adolescents with a bonus or economic pension, food, psychological therapy and access to health care, educational units and universities, and scholarships, among others.

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19.1.2024

Canadian Minister arrives in Bolivia to launch two new projects focused on strengthening adolescents' sexual and reproductive rights and reducing sexual and gender-based violence

United Nations, civil society organizations and institutions involved in the exercise of sexual and reproductive rights and the prevention of and attention to gender violence. The two projects will receive a grant of approximately 20 million Canadian dollars.

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7.1.2024

Gender violence: Bolivia averages 142 cases per day

In 2023, the Attorney General's Office handled 51,770 complaints of assaults against women.

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24.12.2023

At least three trafficking and smuggling cases per day in Bolivia

A partial report from the Attorney General's Office specifies that between January and October of this year, the authorities attended to 1,129 incidents of this type.

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18.12.2023

Seeking to prevent sexual violence in adolescents through social networks

The most vulnerable population of children and adolescents suffer daily a series of violations of their most basic rights. Almost every day the media report infanticides and sexual assaults, and with the passage of time became frequent facts in society, but what to do to stop it, in this area arises the initiative of Ipas Bolivia to inform and prevent through a campaign on social networks.

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10.12.2023

Ipas Bolivia promotes 'Sin peros en la lengua' campaign against sexual violence against young people

In order to reduce the risks of sexual violence against children and adolescents, the non-governmental organization Ipas Bolivia started a digital campaign aimed at this sector. According to the institution, based on data from the Public Prosecutor's Office as of 2023, it is estimated that at least nine children and adolescents are victims of sexual aggression in Bolivia every day.

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23.10.2023

Education will not allow cases of violence against students to go unpunished

Minister Pary referred to the recent incidents of sexual violence that occurred in the departments of Potosí, La Paz and Santa Cruz.

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16.10.2023

Importance of the application of the "Model of care for victims of sexual violence".

There is still work to be done to ensure that all health personnel are properly trained and to prevent the re-victimization of people who have suffered some form of sexual violence.

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15.10.2023

Bolivia doubles the fertility rate among minors in the Americas

In the Americas, the rate is 36.6, while in Bolivia it is 71.0.

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9.10.2023

Rejection of law against sexual abuse of minors sparks protests in Bolivia

The bill envisaged making crimes of pederasty imprescriptible and creating a truth commission.

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8.10.2023

Less than 50% of women in Bolivia access contraceptives

The United Nations Population Fund analyzed the use of birth control methods among women between 15 and 49 years of age in the world. Bolivia has the least encouraging data.

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28.9.2023

In 2022, there were at least 97 teenage pregnancies every day in Bolivia

At least 97 teenage pregnancies are reported every day in Bolivia. That is the revealing data that emerged in 2022, when a total of 35,470 pregnancies were recorded, of which 2,134 cases occurred in children under 15 years of age and 33,336 among young people aged 15 to 19 years.

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22.9.2023

Chamber of Deputies rejects bill against sexual abuse of minors

By 44 votes in favor, 54 against and three blank, the Lower House decided to adjourn Thursday's long session of legislators.

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22.9.2023

Mayor of Potosi is sent to preventive prison for sexual abuse allegation

The mayor of Potosi, Jhonny Llally, has been sent to preventive prison for sexual abuse. The Justice determined a 15-day detention.

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3.9.2023

Girls, not mothers': Lía and 247 others faced with termination of pregnancy: a right with obstacles

In Cochabamba, 248 ILEs were performed on girls and adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age in the first seven months of this year. This is equivalent to one every 21 hours. On average, between 15 and 16 pregnancies are reported daily in this age group in the department.

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2.9.2023

Pregnancy of a 12-year-old girl, captured in networks and raped by three men, is terminated

Two of the accused were arrested; the police are still looking for a third person involved. The teenager was two weeks pregnant.

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9.8.2023

In five years, the number of sexual violence cases in the country doubles

The number of cases, between January 1 and July 16, reached 5,884.

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6.8.2023

Teen marriages: In 12 years, 10,012 females between 13 and 17 married.

Eighty-nine percent of the contracting parties are women and only 11% are men.

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6.8.2023

President pledges to strengthen sanction mechanisms to fight violence

In his message, in commemoration of the 198th anniversary of Bolivia's independence, the President urged justice officials not to hinder the application of measures against crimes of violence against women and children.

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3.8.2023

Arrested for raping his nieces; one gave birth and another is pregnant

The accused was captured in Ivirgarzama, where he was hiding from justice. The victims are sisters. The police will investigate his cover-up.

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3.8.2023

More than 800 complaints registered against teachers and school administrators for violence and sexual harassment since 2014

There were 104 dismissals.

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25.7.2023

Justice in the face of tragedy: rape victim girl's pregnancy terminated

Paola (name changed) was sexually assaulted by her cousin, who is also a minor. The case was discovered when she had already reached 22 weeks gestation.

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19.7.2023

Forty victims identify four Jesuits for sexual abuse in Bolivia

Three of them are alive, said the lawyer for the victims, who was also a student at the Juan XXIII school where the abuses were allegedly committed.

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20.6.2023

Radio Ilimani and IPAS Bolivia receive Senate awards

Senator Virginia Velasco Condori promoted the approval of two chamber declarations for Ipas Bolivia and Radio Illimani, both institutions of the department of La Paz, in recognition of their long history of institutional life and contribution to the development of the region.

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15.6.2023

Legal terminations of pregnancy due to rape: 78% were performed on girls

The non-governmental organization Ipas presented the progress achieved in sexual and reproductive rights issues in Bolivia, as well as the challenges faced in the country in a colloquium for its 25 years of work.

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15.6.2023

Bolivia: In the last 12 years, more than 10 thousand women between 13 and 17 years of age have married

Data from Sereci show that between 2010 and 2018, marriages of 13-year-old adolescents were registered. Precisely in 2018, one of them was legally united with a man in La Paz.

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14.6.2023

Bolivia exchanges experiences on abortion and underage pregnancy with other countries

Bolivia exchanged experiences on Wednesday with some European and Latin American countries to prevent pregnancies in minors and project a comprehensive law on sexual rights that incorporates measures such as legal abortion.

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5.6.2023

In Bolivia, 6 out of 10 women were victims of obstetric violence

According to the Survey on Prevalence and Characteristics of Violence against Women - Bolivia (2016), 40% of these women said that health personnel criticized their behaviors with ironic comments. Forty-five percent recounted that they were criticized for crying or screaming in pain during childbirth.

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2.6.2023

Disabled, non-verbal and used notebook to report rapist

The victim, who has a speech disability, gave a written account of the events. She was admitted to Cochabamba Hospital for symptoms related to a possible miscarriage.

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2.6.2023

"He abused her during a wedding party": Subject who raped and impregnated a 13 year old girl is apprehended

The teenager is 9 months pregnant.

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26.5.2023

Unfpa: Only 40.5% of pregnant teenagers said they wanted to become mothers

"It must be ensured that all people can make decisions regarding their sexual and reproductive health without being subjected to discrimination, coercion or violence," says the entity.

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17.5.2023

Church sex abuse: first priest falls amid scandal; he is in FELCV cells

Two other priests were also denounced in Tarija for similar cases.

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15.5.2023

Arce sends bill that declares crimes against sexual freedom of children imprescriptible

The Minister of the Presidency, María Nela Prada, informed this Saturday that President Luis Arce has sent to the Legislative Assembly a bill declaring that crimes against sexual freedom of children and adolescents are not subject to statute of limitations and left for legislative debate the retroactive nature of these sexual abuses.

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9.5.2023

The young woman who denounced Governor Quispe: "They offered me money and items to keep quiet".

Quispe said that the accusation is to damage his administration as governor of La Paz.

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3.5.2023

Church in Bolivia asks forgiveness for 'Pica' abuses; offers to investigate and demands not to politicize

The case was uncovered over the weekend, thanks to a report from Spain. Today, Wednesday, before the Episcopal Conference, Monsignor Óscar Aparicio made a statement.

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30.4.2023

Chavez announces investigation on pedophile priest and Cruz asks for jail for those who covered up for him

El País, from Spain, revealed the case with at least 85 child victims.

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24.4.2023

Experts and sectors agree on the importance of sexual education

Comprehensive sex education as educational content in the classroom, from kindergarten through sixth grade, is a step forward to reduce violence, prevent early pregnancies and promote life projects of adolescents, agreed experts working in the defense of sexual rights.

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21.4.2023

Edson Hurtado: "Being indigenous, LGBTIQ and poor in Bolivia is very difficult".

La Madonna de Sorata by journalist, researcher and documentary filmmaker Edson Hurtado, arrives for the first time in Argentina published by Corazón de Perrx, with a prologue by Chana Mamani (Identidad Marrón) and back cover by Claudia Piñeiro. A necessary book that recovers and weaves part of the memory of the LGBTIQ+ community in Bolivia.

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13.4.2023

So far this year in Bolivia, 3,342 acts of violence against children have been recorded.

Within the framework of Children's Day, the Public Prosecutor's Office carried out informative activities to promote respect for the rights of children and adolescents.

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12.4.2023

Standards seek to ensure sexual health and protection of vulnerable persons

The third norm will guarantee the protection of children and adolescents from all types of violence.

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26.3.2023

Beatriz vs. El Salvador, a precedent on abortion for Latin America

In a live broadcast from San José, Costa Rica, dozens of people followed the open hearing of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on March 22 in a room at the University of El Salvador in San Salvador, where the court heard testimony from the parties in the case.

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21.3.2023

USA: In Bolivian prisons, men and women share cells, sexual abuse and rape reported

The U.S. State Department published its report on human rights practices in Bolivia in the year 2022 and, among other things, points out that in some of the country's prisons men and women share dormitories, resulting in rape and sexual abuse against women.

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17.3.2023

National forum on sexual health evaluates maternity, abortion and other topics

The National Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Health began yesterday and concludes today in Cochabamba. The National Roundtable on Safe Motherhood and Childbirth (MNMNS) develops the activity and deals with issues related to maternity, abortion and others.

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9.3.2023

Women mobilized for their threatened rights

Thousands of women took to the streets to denounce a global offensive against their rights and to demand an end to discrimination and femicides, which are on the rise in countries such as Mexico and Colombia.

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3.3.2023

Man who raped and impregnated his teenage sister sentenced to 20 years in prison

The Padilla Court ordered a 20-year prison sentence to be served in the Tarabuco jail.

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17.2.2023

Teenager sentenced to 6 years after confessing to infanticide of her infant son

The parents of the victimized newborn were sentenced. The mother, a 16-year-old minor, will serve her sentence in the Cometa Center. The father was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

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15.2.2023

In Cotagaita a student was raped by her teacher and is now pregnant

The teacher who sexually abused his student is 52 years old and the teenager is 16 years old. The incident took place in July of last year.