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Shedding Light on Forced Child Pregnancy and Motherhood in Latin America

By Mariela Jara
Research and campaigns by women’s rights advocates are beginning to focus on the problem of Latin American girls under the age of 14 who are forced to bear the children of their rapists, with the lifelong implications that entails and without the protection of public policies guaranteeing their human rights.

Conservative Onslaught Undermines Gender Advances in Latin America

By Fabiana Frayssinet
A "conservative and fundamentalist onslaught" in Latin America against a supposed "gender ideology" is jeopardising advances in the fight against violence towards women, feminist activists complain.

Women’s Rights Still Denied in Latin America

By Emilio Godoy
Latin American states are still failing to provide guarantees for women's educational, sexual and reproductive rights, according to activists from different regions of the world meeting in the Mexican capital.