The Attorney General’s Office reported this Saturday that in 2023 it handled 51,770 cases of gender violence, that is, an average of 142 cases per day. The overall figure is higher than the previous year (2022). Most of these complaints originated in domestic or family aggressions.
Between January and October 2023, the Public Prosecutor’s Office reported 1,129 incidents related to the crimes contemplated in Law 263.
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.
Enormous barriers to access to safe abortion continue to exist around the world, despite some important advances that have been made in recent decades. This progress has been achieved primarily through the work of feminist movements, bringing about change through the evolution of human rights standards relating to abortion, the adoption of progressive legislation, and court rulings that increasingly recognize the right to abortion.
In Bolivia, child marriage is legal, which “is really unacceptable” for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), which received a report that the Government dismissed as “implausible”, “irresponsible” and “inconsistent”.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, approximately 30 new cases – 11,000 a year – of infections are registered every day among adolescents and young people between the ages of 10 and 19, according to UNICEF’s new publication on children with HIV and AIDS.
In Bolivia, comprehensive care for victims of sexual violence takes a central role with the implementation of the “Model of Comprehensive Care for Victims of Sexual Violence”. This model, developed in 2015, seeks to strengthen the work of health teams by providing technical, conceptual and practical tools to address this critical issue in an effective and compassionate manner.
By Erika Ibáñez
The fertility rate of adolescents between 15 and 19 years of age in Bolivia is almost double the average for the Americas, according to the Basic Indicators portal of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
The decision of the Chamber of Deputies to reject a bill on sexual crimes against minors has sparked a wave of protests and indignation among citizens and activists, who are calling for the legislation to be approved.
The panel of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in its most recent update, indicated the situation of sexual and reproductive health in the world. The latest data indicated that in Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador and Uruguay, on average, 5 out of 10 women have access to contraceptive methods, whether traditional or modern.
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.
After several hours of debate, the Chamber of Deputies rejected the Law for the Protection of Children and Adolescents from Sexual Abuse. Likewise, other bills that were on the agenda were stopped.
By a vote of 44 in favor, 54 against and three blank, the legislative body decided to adjourn the long session of legislators.
The mayor of the city of Potosí, Jhonny Llally, has been sent to the Santo Domingo de Cantumarca jail with preventive detention in the framework of a sexual abuse complaint. Although the Prosecutor’s Office had requested three months, the Justice determined a preventive detention of 15 days.
Lia is 11 years old and was pregnant. It was not until 22 weeks gestation that her mother discovered her condition, after seeking medical attention due to abdominal growth that she found unusual. The girl agreed to a Legal Termination of Pregnancy (ILE),
A 12-year-old girl was captured by social networks and raped by three men. As a result of the sexual aggressions, she became pregnant and after learning of the case, the authorities decided to terminate her pregnancy.
Sexual violence shows an upward trend in the country. In five years, from 2018 to 2022, there was a 90% increase in complaints. It is estimated that every day there are 30 new victims, mostly minors.
Data from the Civic Registry Service (Serecí) reveal that in 12 years it legalized 11,297 unions of adolescents between 13 and 17 years of age. Of this total, 10,012 (89%) are female and 1,285 (11%) are male.
The highest rates of early marriages are found in the central axis of the country: Santa Cruz registered 2,748, followed by La Paz with 2,040 and Cochabamba, 1,705.
President Luis Arce pledged to fight against violence and sexual abuse against women and children by strengthening institutional sanctioning mechanisms.
In his message, in commemoration of the 198th anniversary of Bolivia’s independence, the President urged justice operators not to hinder the implementation of measures against these crimes.
The accused was captured in Ivirgarzama, where he was hiding from justice. The victims are sisters. The police will investigate his cover-up.
More than 800 complaints registered against teachers and school administrators for violence and sexual harassment since 2014
