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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">CEDAW Committee Congratulates Bolivia for Campaign against Gender Stereotypes, Ask about Violence against Women & Human Trafficking<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#4A4A4A;letter-spacing:.2pt">June 24, 2022 - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">seventh
periodic report <span style="color:#4A4A4A;letter-spacing:.2pt">of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, with Committee Experts congratulating it for a campaign seeking to combat gender stereotypes, and raising questions about violence against women and human
trafficking.</span><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Link to story: </i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/news/2022/06/experts-committee-elimination-discrimination-against-women-congratulate-bolivia">https://www.ohchr.org/en/news/2022/06/experts-committee-elimination-discrimination-against-women-congratulate-bolivia</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Bolivia Enacts Law on Femicide, Infanticide & Rape<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#141412">4 July 2022 - The Bolivian government enacted a law to protect victims of femicides, infanticides, and rape of children and adolescents,
given the cases in the country in which convicted rapists and murderers have been released. Criticizing the patriarchal system that sustains gender-based violence, Bolivian President Luis Arce said that the law “establishes mechanisms to protect the rights
of the victims.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://cpnn-world.org/new/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bolivia.jpg"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#BC360A;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="489" height="327" style="width:5.0972in;height:3.4027in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D8B339.81960530"></span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#141412"><br>
President Luis Arce enacted Law 179/2021 for the Protection of Victims of Femicide, Infanticide and Rape of Children and Adolescents. July. 4, 2022. | Photo: Twitter/@EmbajadaBolesp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="https://cpnn-world.org/new/?p=27674"><span style="color:blue">Bolivia Enacts Law on Femicide, Infanticide & Rape - CPNN (cpnn-world.org)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Enacts-Law-on-Femicide-Infanticide--Rape-20220704-0024.html">Bolivia Enacts Law on Femicide, Infanticide & Rape | News | teleSUR English</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#141412">Questions for this article</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#141412"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#141412"><a href="http://cpnn-world.org/new/?p=7599"><span style="color:#BC360A">Protecting women and girls against
violence, Is progress being made?</span></a></span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#141412"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#141412">According to the head of state, the law is intended to counteract acts of prevarication and the formation of consortiums
that seek to benefit rapists or femicides. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#141412">The penalties for prevarication in cases of femicide and infanticide are increased to up to 20 years in prison.
The Bolivian Ministry of Justice said that criminal proceedings would be initiated for delay and revictimization would not be allowed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#141412">The President asked the militants of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) and its ministers to “show by example”
the “true fight against violence” without “double standards.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#141412">Attorney General’s Office reports showed that between January and June of this year, 48 cases of femicide and 21 infanticides
had been registered in Bolivia. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#141412">The Public Prosecutor’s Office said that asphyxiation, blows or trauma, and the use of bladed weapons or intoxication
by substances are the leading causes of these violent deaths of women.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#141412">This year was declared the Year of the Cultural Revolution for De-patriarchalization in Bolivia, seeking to establish
structural solutions to curb the persistent cases of violence against women in the country. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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