To Vilianie Jean, a 39-year-old mother of three, discussing sex with her daughter used to be simple. “I don’t think a girl should know anything about sex,” Jean said during a meeting of parents and... READ MORE
Emmanuela Joseph looks every bit of her 45 years of hard scrabble life in Port-au-Prince. A few months ago, the mother of five children came for a regular check up (a Pap smear exam) at Profamil... READ MORE
In 2007, a battle was won in the bitter fight to decriminalise abortion in Latin America when Mexico City passed groundbreaking legislation that allowed any woman to access abortion on request up to... READ MORE
The Constitutional Tribunal of Peru is amending an article in its penal code which for many years had criminalized consensual sexual activity among young people. Sentencing was particularly severe... READ MORE
Sitting with a group of parents and their children on the porch of Profamil’s headquarters, Mariola Dhema recounted vividly the day her three-year old daughter was raped by a 10 and a four-year... READ MORE
