Index: women in Latin America.In Bolivia, the maternal mortality rate maternal mortality rate Epidemiology The number of pregnancy-related deaths/100,000 ♀ of reproductive age; the number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by number of live births–or number of live births + fetal deaths/yr. of 420 deaths per 100,000 live births is one of the highest in Latin America and more than 40% of women give birth without the assistance of a skilled attendant. (1) Abortion is illegal in almost all Latin American countries. While some countries do allow it in rare circumstances (rape, danger to a woman's life), it is totally illegal without exception in Chile, Colombia and El Salvador. (2) The highest abortion rates are in Chile and Peru where some five percent of women aged 15-49 has an abortion each year. (3) Approximately 5,000 Latin American women die every year as a result of complications following illegal abortions. This represents 17 percent of all maternal deaths. (4) A further 800,000 are hospitalized. (5) In Guyana, after abortion was legalized in 1995, admissions for septic and incomplete abortions in the capital's largest maternity hospital declined by 41 percent within six months of the law coming into effect. (6) Almost half of sexually active adolescent women in the Caribbean report that their first sexual intercourse was forced. (7) In Mexico, domestic violence claims the lives of 14 women a day, but the law in eight states does not consider domestic violence a crime and 12 do not penalize pe·nal·ize tr.v. pe·nal·ized, pe·nal·iz·ing, pe·nal·iz·es 1. To subject to a penalty, especially for infringement of a law or official regulation. See Synonyms at punish. 2. rape in marriage. (8) In Colombia, 41 percent of women report having been physically abused in a current relationship. (9) Only 10 percent of rural and five percent of urban Nicarasuans say it is acceptable for a wife to refuse her husband sex. (10) (1) Family Care International (FCI (Flux Changes per Inch) The measurement of polarity reversals on a magnetic surface. In MFM, each flux change is equal to one bit. In RLL, a flux change generates more than one bit. ), 2005. (2) Jen Ross, Women's ENews, November 28, 2004. (3) Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) A machine intelligence that resembles that of a human being. Considered impossible by many, most artificial intelligence (AI) research, projects and products deal with specific applications such as industrial robots, playing chess, ), 2005. (4) FCI, 2005. (5) SAGI, 2005. (6) Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR CRR Cash Reserve Ratio CRR Center for Retirement Research (Boston College) CRR Congestion Revenue Rights (electricity) CRR Center for Reproductive Rights CRR Certified Realtime Reporter ), 2003. (7) FCI, 2005. (8) Laura Carlsen, International Relations Center The International Relations Center (IRC; formerly Interhemispheric Resource Center) is an American "policy studies institute" based in Silver City, New Mexico. It was founded in 1979 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, focusing initially on "The plight of undocumented Mexican workers and , March 10, 2005. (9) Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) ), 2000. (10) Population Reports, Series L, No. 11, 1999. |
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