Dominican Women Fight Child Marriage, Teen Pregnancy Amid Abortion Bans
Voice of America
FILE - Teenage club members wear shirts that reads in Spanish 'I take care of my body and my heath' at a session on sex education at a school on the weekend in Azua, Dominican Republic, Dec. 9, 2023. FILE - Women who recently gave birth wait for medical attention at the Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia Maternity Hospital in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Dec. 10, 2023. FILE - Members of the National Confederation of Rural Women (CONAMUCA) sing during a visit from US legislators and members of Women’s Equality Center at the organization’s headquarters in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, Dec.8, 2023.
It was a busy Saturday morning at Marcia González's church. A bishop was visiting, and normally she would have been there helping with logistics, but on this day she was teaching sex education at a local school.
