BOLIVIA l The law protects children orphaned by femicide

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22/11/2025 FTS 04.30 In Bolivia, a specific law protects children and adolescents orphaned by femicide, granting them state support in the areas of economy, health, and education so they can continue their studies. teleSUR  These and more stories now!  🌐Join teleSUR's community and be part of a space where your ideas matter.  https://chat.whatsapp.com/KLABTE41aSj3ioYabXQQ6K 🗣 Don't be left behind, join teleSUR's Channel https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va98Z437Noa2tjytCt1N Web💬 https://www.telesurenglish.net/ X🧶 https://twitter.com/telesurenglish Instagram 📸 https://www.instagram.com/telesurenglish/?hl=es Facebook 📱 https://www.facebook.com/teleSUREnglishOfficial Youtube ⏯ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmuTmpLY35O3csvhyA6vrkg Tiktok👌🏼 https://www.tiktok.com/@telesurenglish?_t=8hMLCY0a6z7&_r=1

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00:00And in Bolivia, a specific law protects children and adolescents orphans by femicide, granting

00:06then state support in the areas of economy, health and education so they can continue

00:11their studies even at the university level.

00:14Our correspondent Freddy Morales brings us the details.

00:19The law expressly obliges the state to protect until they reach adulthood, children and adolescents

00:25who are left orphaned as a consequence of femicide.

00:32And we continue to suffer because the femicide perpetrator is either in prison or on the

00:36run, the victim of femicide is in the coffin, and the real victims of femicide the collateral

00:41victims are the children.

00:45Those children who at first are seen as the poor little orphans and are cared for, but

00:49later, like fish, they begin to be treated as if they smell bad.

00:53What's worse, they suffer abuse and mistreatment in an environment where they should have

00:57complete safety.

01:03The law recognizes the payment of 20% of the national minimum wage, about $70 per month,

01:10along with other benefits in favor of this population.

01:17An economic allowance of 20% of the minimum wage is granted, which amounts to about 500

01:22bolivianos per month.

01:25Along with a food package especially for children under 5 years old, access to education, and

01:30access to healthcare until the age of 18.

01:33However, if it is demonstrated that they continue studying, this support is extended until they

01:39reach 25 years of age.

01:44Bolivia is one of the few countries that has this type of legal provisions, which are in

01:50fact mandatory for states according to international agreements.

01:57It reaffirms and also demands the duty of due diligence.

02:00This duty of due diligence urges the state to comply with international treaties and conventions.

02:06This new law is based on the Bell M du Pera Convention, and the Convention on the Rights

02:10of the Child.

02:11In this sense, it establishes that the state must protect and give priority attention to

02:15boys and girls who have lost their mother or father in a situation of femicide.

02:24In a situation of femicide, the police act first, and immediately afterward the Child Protection

02:30Offices, which depend on the municipalities.

02:34The orphans are placed in the care of the maternal grandparents, if the victim is the mother.

02:42According to the latest record from the Observatory for the Enforcement of Rights, between 2016 and

02:472024, there were approximately 877 children orphaned due to femicide.

02:52What happens is that when a child loses their mother and the Office for the Defense of Children

02:56and Adolescents intervenes, the first step is to separate them from the family, which is

03:00the correct action, and the most appropriate protective measure.

03:04However, this also creates an environment of vulnerability and lack of protection for

03:08the child.

03:13The law, enacted at the beginning of this month by the previous government, requires a census

03:19of orphans who are victims of femicide.

03:21It confirmed that the majority of cases occur under the influence of alcohol, and therefore

03:26establishes a 1% tax on those beverages to help finance part of this protection program.

03:33In this country, an average of 100 femicides are recorded each year.

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