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Tuesday, 16 December 2008 |
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA - Over the past six years, there have been an average of three rape convictions annually in the La Paz region, a metropolitan area with more than 2.5 million residents. IJM Bolivia, which became operational in 2007, has secured four convictions this year – effectively more than doubling the region’s rape convictions. IJM Bolivia will continue to stand for the region’s vulnerable children – demonstrating that perpetrators can no longer act with impunity. Read on for the story of one girl whose life has been changed as a result of steady advocacy.
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