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.

The Attorney General’s Office reported that the highest incidence of these crimes is registered in the central axis of the country. The number is higher than last year.

The Attorney General of the State, Roger Mariaca Montenegro, inaugurated this Monday the Interinstitutional Discussion and Working Groups, aimed at improving coordination between the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the health area in the care of victims of sexual crimes.

The Minister of Justice, César Siles, assured that these two commitments and other challenges posed by the United Nations will be met.

Bolivia reported 50,325 cases of violence against women and minors during 2024, most of them complaints of family or domestic violence, reported Friday the Attorney General’s Office.

As already announced, the Attorney General of the State, Roger Mariaca, during his oath of office, to fight “with firmness” to eradicate, among others, gender violence, in the last hours implemented five new offices for the attention of victims of violence in La Paz.

With four violent murders of trans women, 2024 has become the most violent year, in which for the first time there was a classification as femicide. Among the few advances of this administration are the administrative ones, which achieved the coverage of health insurance within the free unions.

Karla (name changed for protection) is the mother of a baby girl. She did not choose to have a baby; she was a victim of sexual violence. He was unable to report it at the time, because he is a person with intellectual disabilities, his family found out about the situation when

The departmental prosecutor of Oruro, Aldo Morales, informed this Tuesday about the case of a 16 year-old minor who lost her life after having an abortion in a medical center in the city of Oruro.

In order to reduce the risks of sexual violence against children and adolescents, the non-governmental organization Ipas Bolivia began a digital campaign aimed at this sector.

In order to prevent early and forced child marriages and unions, an awareness campaign is being developed in Bolivia, but focused on the departments of Pando, La Paz, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca and Beni.

Two pieces of information set alarm bells ringing about the need for awareness and prevention. Forty-two percent of the accumulated cases of HIV-AIDS are concentrated in Santa Cruz and the increase in cases among adolescents and young people between 15 and 24 years of age is a cause for concern.

A study conducted by the Coordinadora de la Mujer and the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA) determined that 2.5 out of every 10 female students at that university suffered sexual harassment at some time during their university life.

Prostate cancer is one of the main diseases affecting the male population in Bolivia.

The Fundación Una Brisa de Esperanza (FUBE), Familias Saludable and the Fuerza Especial de Lucha Contra la Violencia (Felcv) reported yesterday that the crimes of rape and sexual abuse of children and adolescents increased.

This Saturday, more than 100 women from Chile, Peru and Bolivia gathered in the city of Arica to participate in the Binational Meeting of Women for the Elimination of Violence, a key event for the exchange of experiences, strengthening of bonds