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| | Monitoring alternative report from Uruguay to the CEDAW (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | According to the data of DNI (2003), at the level of age groups, 47% of the population (3,908,462) is between 0 and 18 years, of whom 40%(1,544,506) live in rural zones while another 40% (2,364,956) live in urban areas. |
 | | In recent years, the age range of this population has grown and, in particular, the situation of young women between the ages of 16 and 19 who frequently become pregnant, suffer sexual violence and manifest a high incidence of sexually transmitted diseases is worrying. |
 | | From the point of view of the employers, it is normal to consider that the young girl or adolescent “is easier to mould since she does not claim her rights as an adult”, criteria which are of prime importance in contracting or not. |
| www.cladem.org /english/regional/monitoreo_convenios/ninezboli.asp (5272 words) |
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