The Latin Americanist [1] shares a link to a video of a protest held last week in Lima: “One woman dies in Peru every eight hours [2] due to complications related to pregnancy according to AI [Amnesty International] secretary general Salil Shetty. She added that most of these deaths are preventable and especially hit rural, indigenous, and poor women.”
Peru: Protest Calls on Government to Reduce Female and Infant Mortality Rates
· Written by Silvia Viñas
Categories: Latin America, Peru, Health, Human Rights, Protest, Women & Gender