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
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.
