The project that monitors access to the law in the country disseminated the results of 2022. Even so, there are still pending and concerns. The national production and distribution of abortion drugs, and the 98% increase in the number of public health services that...
In Latin America and the Caribbean, every day there are approximately 30 new cases - 11,000 a year - of infections among adolescents and young people between the ages of 10 and 19, highlights the new UNICEF publicationon children with HIV and AIDS. To a large extent,...
The Director of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Gender and Juvenile Crimes, Alejandra Rocha, informed on Wednesday that according to the registry of cases entered in the Free Justice Ecosystem of the Public Ministry, from January 1 to June 24, there are 24,126 cases of Gender Violence related to the Integral Law to Guarantee Women a Life Free of Violence in the country.
Bolivia has registered in the last 10 years 4,804 marriages of adolescents between 16 and 17 years of age, while unions of girls between 12 and 15 years of age total 487, in addition to 458,246 pregnancies of minors, according to the report ‘Interrupted Dreams’ presented by the Ombudsman’s Office.
In the country, the number of women, aged 15-49, who opted for family planning with the use of contraceptive methods increased in the last four years, from 162,803, in 2020, to 246,436, in 2023, representing 51%.
In the country, the number of women, aged 15-49, who opted for family planning with the use of contraceptive methods increased in the last four years, from 162,803, in 2020, to 246,436, in 2023, representing 51%.
La Paz, April 24, 2025 (ANF) – Beatings in sensitive areas of the body, deprivation of food and water, death threats and rape with objects are some of the tortures that are still practiced in Bolivia against people in police custody.
La Paz, April 20, 2025 (ABI) – Accompanied by severe pain in her lower abdomen, she got her first menstruation when she was barely 12 years old. When she discovered that her underwear was stained with blood, she was frightened and ran to tell her mother.
The lack of comprehensive sexuality education and specific regulations are pending tasks in Bolivia against teenage pregnancy, a problem that in official figures reports decreases, but which is still a cause for concern due to the number of cases that still occur and which mainly involve girls under 14 years of age.
In Bolivia, an average of 19 reports of sexual violence against minors are registered every day. In 2024 alone, 6,868 cases of child sexual abuse and 38 infanticides were reported, according to official data.
La Paz, April 8, 2025 (ANF).- The Bolivian Observatory of Citizen Security and Fight Against Drugs (OBSCD) presented a recent statistical bulletin, revealing a significant decrease in crimes against life during the year 2024. According to the report, these crimes
A national campaign to combat Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and cervical cancer was launched on Wednesday by the Ministry of Health. The goal is to vaccinate at least 90% of girls and adolescents between 10 and 15 years of age in the country against HPV, as well as 70% of women who undergo the tests and that 90% of patients receive their treatment.
La Paz, March 24 (UCOM/DPB).- The Ombudsman, Pedro Callisaya, said that the application of Constitutional Ruling 206/2014 concerning the Legal Termination of Pregnancy (ILE) in the Short-Term Health Management Entities.
Maternal death in Bolivia continues to be one of the most invisible tragedies facing the health system, especially in rural and remote areas of the country.
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The Director of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Gender-Based Crimes, Alejandra Rocha, together with the Director of the Institute of Forensic Investigations (IDIF), Katherine Ramírez, promoted the Technical Roundtable on Health and Sexual Violence, which brought together different organizations and key institutions in the care and protection of victims, with the aim of improving the care of sexual assault incidents in the country.
La Paz, Bolivia. Gender-based violence remains a persistent crisis in Bolivia, with more than 40,000 complaints annually, according to data from the Public Prosecutor’s Office, despite a slight decrease in femicides since 2018.
“We seek to promote sexual and reproductive health among young people,” said Alejandra Callizaya, head of the Promotion and Prevention Unit.
The representatives will work in two days to generate proposals and an agenda for the general elections in August with the goal of deepening democracy and depatriarchalization.
The highest peak in child marriages was seen in 2014, with 1,602 registrations in Serecí.
