Women In Bolivia Research Paper
The poverty and corruption of Bolivia are still around today and there is a great discrepancy between the elite and the poor. 64% of the country lives below the poverty line and these conditions leave Bolivian citizens unable to plan for the future, afford adequate health care, receive an education, and address inequality.
Malnutrition is crippling Bolivia with 25% of Bolivian children under 3 have or currently suffering from malnutrition and many children are becoming stunted. Bolivia is vulnerable to diseases because of poor health care. With tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malaria, chagas, leishmaniasis, dengue fever, and yellow fever, Bolivia is in desperate need of help. Poverty and lack of health care are most commonly factors of these problems along with lack of awareness. In a city in Bolivia called El Alto, there is a program being implemented called Community Health Agent Program. The program is to help the fight against malnutrition. Health agents visit homes to train …show more content…
mothers how to better feed their children, provide nutritional supplements, provide information on nutrition and cooking classes as well.
Over one million Bolivian citizens over the age of 15 are unable to read or write and education is drastically worse in rural areas. It is estimated that 70% of rural and 30% of urban areas are illiterate. Bolivia dedicates 23 percent of its annual budget for educational expenses which is a greater investment than most South American countries usually spend. A new education act combined all people under one system, taking the place of the preceding system where the working class and upper class had isolated schools. The Bolivian government has decentralized spending on education so they could meet the needs of local communities. More people are going to school in the nation, though schools are still lacking quality teachers.
Women in Bolivia have a hard time in the Bolivian society.
Because women do not have the economic capacity to detach themselves from the oppressive, discriminative, and violent circumstances, women are often subject the abuse. About 50% of women from assortments of financial and living circumstances have admitted to being physically abused. The roles that women play in Bolivia, combined with their lack of education, results in the lack of voice they have in the nation. Over recent years, advances have been made to include gender in Bolivia’s constitutional processes. The International IDEA and Women’s Coordinator signed an agreement to detect remaining gaps on women’s rights in the current legislation. The agreement as incorporates a strategy to create a new constitutional legislation based on women needs.
Bolivia still has a long way in terms of improving social issues and can do it but the poverty and amount of issues in the country will make it hard to make improvement as quickly as it
needs.
Malnutrition is crippling Bolivia with 25% of Bolivian children under 3 have or currently suffering from malnutrition and many children are becoming stunted. Bolivia is vulnerable to diseases because of poor health care. With tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malaria, chagas, leishmaniasis, dengue fever, and yellow fever, Bolivia is in desperate need of help. Poverty and lack of health care are most commonly factors of these problems along with lack of awareness. In a city in Bolivia called El Alto, there is a program being implemented called Community Health Agent Program. The program is to help the fight against malnutrition. Health agents visit homes to train …show more content…
mothers how to better feed their children, provide nutritional supplements, provide information on nutrition and cooking classes as well.
Over one million Bolivian citizens over the age of 15 are unable to read or write and education is drastically worse in rural areas. It is estimated that 70% of rural and 30% of urban areas are illiterate. Bolivia dedicates 23 percent of its annual budget for educational expenses which is a greater investment than most South American countries usually spend. A new education act combined all people under one system, taking the place of the preceding system where the working class and upper class had isolated schools. The Bolivian government has decentralized spending on education so they could meet the needs of local communities. More people are going to school in the nation, though schools are still lacking quality teachers.
Women in Bolivia have a hard time in the Bolivian society.
Because women do not have the economic capacity to detach themselves from the oppressive, discriminative, and violent circumstances, women are often subject the abuse. About 50% of women from assortments of financial and living circumstances have admitted to being physically abused. The roles that women play in Bolivia, combined with their lack of education, results in the lack of voice they have in the nation. Over recent years, advances have been made to include gender in Bolivia’s constitutional processes. The International IDEA and Women’s Coordinator signed an agreement to detect remaining gaps on women’s rights in the current legislation. The agreement as incorporates a strategy to create a new constitutional legislation based on women needs.
Bolivia still has a long way in terms of improving social issues and can do it but the poverty and amount of issues in the country will make it hard to make improvement as quickly as it
needs.