In the home of Adriana, a 20-year-old woman, no one knew she was going to have an abortion. Her parents found out shortly before she died from a perforated uterus and severe infection, the result of a botched procedure.

From January 1st to May 29th, 35 women were murdered because of their gender. They were victims of femicide and the department of La Paz is the most dangerous in the country for women. The updated report includes the last two cases of femicides, one occurred in the highlands of La Paz, in the municipality of Achacachi, and the other in Charcas, Chuquisaca.

99.3% of cases of gender violence go unpunished in Bolivia due to rejection, abandonment or dismissal of the complaints, according to activists who have protested against the reform of the law against gender violence proposed by pro-government senators who consider the law to be “anti-men”.

The country, through the Ministry of Health and Sports (MSyD), in coordination with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and an official mission of the Latin American Center for Perinatology, Women’s Health and Reproductive Health (CLAP/SMR), trained facilitators to promote the strategy.

sario (name changed) was discriminated against and mistreated a few years ago, because she needed surgery and they did not want to perform it because she was diagnosed with HIV.

The legal termination of pregnancy (ILE) was consolidated in an 11-year-old girl who was raped by her uncle in a rural community in the municipality of Betanzos. This means that the rape victim was subjected to a surgical abortion procedure in accordance with the regulations in force.

99.3% of domestic violence cases remain unpunished in Bolivia due to rejection, abandonment or dismissal of the complaints, warned activists who demonstrated on Tuesday against the reform of the law against gender violence proposed by pro-government senators who consider that this law is “anti-men”.

26 femicides and 16 infanticides have been registered in Bolivia from January 1 to April 24, 2024, according to the Attorney General of the State, Juan Lanchipa. This alarming situation has generated great concern about the increase in violence against women and children in the country.

After 11 years of Law 348 in force, the regulation is in the eye of the storm because there are sectors and authorities that maintain that this norm is used in a malicious way against men, an aspect that is rejected because they consider that the observations come from misogynist and sexist groups. Another argument is that, in spite of the validity of this legal body,

It is estimated that every day at least 185 clandestine abortions are performed in Bolivia, a situation that puts at risk the lives of girls and women who resort to unsafe processes to terminate their pregnancies, a situation that puts on the table for debate the legalization of this practice in the country.

Senator Virginia Velasco Condori is participating in the VIII International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), which is being held from April 10 to 12 in Oslo, Norway.

In a political context marked by intimidation and violence, women in Bolivia are facing significant challenges to their full participation in the country’s political life. With a total of 109 resignations in the last five years due to violence, pressure and harassment of women in elected office, the urgency of addressing this problem in a comprehensive and systematic manner is evident.

Cases of pregnancies in girls and adolescents in 2023 totaled 22,177; of these, 1,302 were in children under 15 years of age, according to preliminary data from the National Health Information and Epidemiological Surveillance System of the Ministry of Health and Sports (SNIS).

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

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.

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.

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.

The United Nations System in Bolivia condemned on Friday the femicide of a 17-year-old girl 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.

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.

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.