The state persecution and high levels of violence toward women in Guanajuato is drawing the attention of the United Nations. Its Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights noted the "worrying levels of violence, against women, including sexual," in the state, whose state government is run by the ultra-conservative wing of the PAN and where the extremist catholic organization El Yunque has particular influence. Some tangible effects: Persecution of women who have aborted, including having had miscarriages; ignorance of high levels of violence toward women; and the banning of sex education in schools. As noted, Guanajuato's levels of teen pregnancy are as a consequence exploding.
After having visited several women locked up in jail accused of having had an abortion - illegal in the state - the UN mission presented formal several recommendations to state governor Juan Manuel Oliva to protect women's rights in the state.
The observer mission confirmed "the persistence of cultural patterns that encourage discrimination against women, while limiting the full exercise of sexual and reproductive rights."
One can only hope that the renewed international spotlight on Guanajuato may force the government into backtracking in its war against women.
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