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Jackie Moran

MIGRATION-LATIN AMERICA: Remittances Do Not Fill Gap for Children Left Behind - IPS ip... - 0 views

    • Jackie Moran
       
      This article relates to our course topics because it discusses the impacts of migration in Latin America. After reading this article, it is clear that migration and the effort to generate remittances is not always a positive act. Unfortunately, many children are left without their parents along with feelings of abandonment.
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    This article states how the costs of migration in Latin America outweigh the rewards concerning the lives of children. Many children in the region endure negative impacts from their parents' migration to generate remittances. UNICEF claims that migration laves children with feelings of abandonment and vulnerability; the children's role models (their parents) are absent from their lives.
janegelb

BBC NEWS | Finding Guatemala's missing - 1 views

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    Thousands of disappearances have occurred in Guatemala during the conflict. This article focuses on a woman who lost four family members in only a week, and has no idea where they are. This story is common among the Guatemalan peoples. An archive of documents has been found in an abandoned police building in Guatemala City. There are millions of documents, and once they are sorted through, might provide some sort of answers. Many people have not heard the whereabouts of their family members in over thirty years.
Liza Detenber

EDUCATION-LATIN AMERICA: Let's (Not) Talk About Sex - IPS ipsnews.net - 0 views

    • Elizabeth Hughes
       
      Many countries-Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, and Cuba-are considering it mandatory to teach sexual education in primary schools. Many believe that the exclusion of sexual education has impacted the number of cases of sexual abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, and teenage pregnancies. The goal is to bring awareness to these issues in hopes of decreasing the rates and to teach children how to make choices responsibly.
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    Many countries-Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, and Cuba-are considering it mandatory to teach sexual education in primary schools. Many believe that the exclusion of sexual education has impacted the number of cases of sexual abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, and teenage pregnancies. The goal is to bring awareness to these issues in hopes of decreasing the rates and to teach children how to make choices responsibly.
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    Sexual education is not a universally required subject in schools across Latin America and the Caribbean. Even in countries with laws requiring that students be taught sexual education, there are huge gaps in the laws. Countries and schools that have adopted sexual education have found a significant drop in the rate of pregnancy in young women, school dropouts due to pregnancy and/or marriage, and contraction of HIV/AIDS. Many conservative sectors, including the Catholic Church, are strictly against this form of education, in favor of an abstinence only education, or simply no sexual education at all.
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    Almost all of Latin America is required to provide sexual education classes for their students, however, these laws are widely ignored. Many children do not receive the proper knowledge about sex until the age of 12 or 13, even though a study conducted in Cuba shows that this is the age children are becoming sexual active. Without the knowledge of the issues of sex it leads to an increase in sexual abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, and many abandoned babies. The article also states that children in Argentina do not receive sexual education at all because of the conservative sectors in the area. Many committees and groups are lobbying to help make sexual education more prevalent in students education.
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    This article discusses the role of sexual education and how it affects the prevention of STDs, unplanned pregnancies, sexual abuse, and HIV/AIDS. Many countries in Latin America have laws stating that sexual education must be taught at schools, however in many of these countries this is not happening. Studies have shown that because these children are not receiving sexual education there are higher rates of unplanned pregnancy, STDs, sexual assault, and earlier ages of engaging in dangerous sexual activities.
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