Tracey Eaton reports for Pulitzer Center: Sexual Exploitation of Girls on the Rise in Bolivia, Activists Warn EL ALTO, BOLIVIA – Elizabeth Soliz walks out into the crisp night air and heads toward a bustling outdoor market, looking for teenagers selling sex for as little as $3. Suddenly, a girl in blue jeans shouts out,…
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Bolivia lawmakers vote to ease right abortion restrictions
The Associated Press reports for ABC News: Bolivia lawmakers vote to ease right abortion restrictions Bolivian lawmakers voted Wednesday to ease the country’s tight restrictions on abortions, shrugging aside opposition from religious groups. The Legislative Assembly vote will allow “students, adolescents or girls” to have abortions up to the eighth week of pregnancy. The measure…
ANALYSIS-Violence, “old boys’ clubs” put women off life in politics but at what cost?
Belinda Goldsmith writes for Reuters, excerpts pertaining Bolivia follow: ANALYSIS-Violence, “old boys’ clubs” put women off life in politics but at what cost? * Women hold less than a quarter of parliamentary seats globally * Wide recognition that women MPs put other issues in spotlight * Quotas have pushed up numbers but still lagging global…
Bolivian journalist delivers harassment complaint against former manager of state TV to President Evo Morales
Carolina de Assis reports for the Night Center of Journalism in the Americas: Bolivian journalist delivers harassment complaint against former manager of state TV to President Evo Morales Bolivian journalist Yadira Peláez took matters into her own hands after she apparently felt an investigation into her complaint of sexual harassment was going nowhere. On Sept….
Bolivian women experience greater underemployment
El Diario reports: Women experience greater underemployment In the year 2015, 18.4% of the women in the labor force reported being underemployed, 8.2 percentage points higher than men (10.2%). The difference by gender has been persistent throughout the analysis period; but in 2006 and 2011 was significantly higher, with just over 13%, established the Network…
Bolivia women’s rights groups hope revised law is step toward legal abortion
Myles McCormick reports for The Guardian: Bolivia women’s rights groups hope revised law is step toward legal abortion Procedure is currently illegal save for cases of rape, incest and health crises, a policy that activists say has encouraged dangerous clandestine abortions. Women’s rights groups in Bolivia hope that an overhaul of the country’s penal code…
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