All those girls raped and forced to give birth bring their cause to the UN…
Their cases were presented to the United Nations Human Rights Committee by some associations for the protection of women's sexual and reproductive rights.
Terrible and real stories who will never have justice. There is a girl from 13 years old raped by a priest in Nicaragua. A minor one, age not specified, raped by her grandfather, always in the same country, but further south. Dal Guatemala, a 12-year-old girl abused by a government official, responsible for a program to support children. Always 12 years, Ecuador, raped by her brother. Babes, become mothers too early, without an alternative: In their country it is not possible to have an abortion.
These four little girls, along with many other victims like them, they have become the symbol of a larger battle. Their cases were presented to the United Nations Human Rights Committee by some associations for the protection of women's sexual and reproductive rights. The action aims to demand legal reform in Latin America, where sexual violence increases year after year and protection for women is inadequate.
“This action could result in the decriminalization of abortion”, says Catalina Martinez, director of the Centro de Derechos Reproductivos of Latin America and the Caribbean. “States will have to meet the standards established by the committee”, Ximena Casas, di Planed Parenthood Global.
Latin America has the second highest rate of teenage pregnancies after Africa and is the only region where sexual violence against minors is increasing. The morning after pill is banned. According to the organization Planed Parenthood, over one million Latina girls experience violence every year, resulting in depression. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents.
The decision to present the cases to the UN aims to obtain greater rights for these girls, so that their wishes regarding the pregnancy are respected, they are provided with the right assistance and information.
Always in Latin America, in Argentina, had recently caused controversy the case of a little girl 11 years old got pregnant by her grandmother's boyfriend, victim of his repeated sexual abuse. She wanted to have an abortion, but she was denied the opportunity to do so. He attempted suicide twice, before undergoing an emergency caesarean section.
Her story sparked a wave of feminist demonstrations in Argentina. The associations accuse him of having exploited his story to make political propaganda, of having speculated on the skin of an eleven year old: a little girl, not a mother.
The mobilization also moved to the web, where many – including well-known Argentine actresses - they posted a photo of themselves as children, accompanied by the hashtag #NiñasNoMadres: girl, not mother. A shot taken from childhood, that, we read in the posts, “she should be deprived of the responsibility of raising her rapist's child”…
