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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:NigerNigerRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Consider to ratify the OP-ICESCR.
Explanationen razón de que prosigue con relación al Protocolo Facultativo del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales, un en proceso de consultas entre las diversas instancias gubernamentales para considerar su eventual ratificación y condiciones de aplicabilidad.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Abortion
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:JS1 recommended the adoption of effective measures to prevent the high rate of maternal mortality by decriminalizing abortion if it posed a risk to health, if the pregnancy was the result of rape or sexual abuse, if the foetus was not viable and in the case of child and adolescent pregnancies. [Para 53] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:LaosLaosRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
- Empowerment of women
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Further enhance the empowerment of women, through its National Equality Plan, to improve the quality of education and skills development with a view to creating more favourable conditions of work for Paraguayan women.
ExplanationEn el marco de las políticas actualmente vigentes en el país, que contemplan estrategias para crear las condiciones para lograr la igualdad sustantiva entre hombres y mujeres en los diversos campos, el Paraguay acepta las recomendaciones 118.155, 118.156, 118.157, 118.158, 118.159, 118.160, 118.161, 118.164, 118.165, 118.168, 118.169, 118.170 y 118.171.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:NeglectedContents:The CEDAW urged Paraguay to address trafficking in women and girls and the exploitation of prostitution. [Para 32] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:Russian FederationRussian FederationRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Take additional measures, including legislation, to prevent and combat domestic violence against women.
ExplanationDe igual forma, se aceptan las recomendaciones 118.162, 118.163, 118.172, 118.173, 118.174, 118.175, 118.176, 118.178, 118.179, 118.180, 118.181, 118.182, 118.183, 118.184, 118.185 y 118.186, que colaborarán para impulsar las acciones y medidas de orden normativo y de políticas que se vienen implementando en el país.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:FinlandFinlandRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Sexuality education
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Repeal the MEC resolution 29664 prohibiting the teaching of gender equality and resolution 1761 prohibiting the use of a guide for teachers on comprehensive sexuality education.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:HaitiHaitiRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASACSOIFIssue:
- Inappropriate content
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Support, through economic and social policies, the institution of the family and the preservation of family values.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:Voluntary CommitmentSession:24th session, January 2016Status:N/AContents:To promote adoption of the bill on comprehensive efforts to combat violence against women. -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:IcelandIcelandRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation that addresses direct and indirect discrimination and encompasses all the prohibited grounds of discrimination, including sexual orientation and gender identity.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:ColombiaColombiaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to make progress in measures to prevent discrimination against any person due to its sexual orientation or gender identity.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 117) The Ministry of Health has upgraded the care it provides for vulnerable people such as LGTBI persons.
Para 118) The Ministry of Education and Culture has implemented a project to encourage pupils to complete basic education in Asunción and in Central department and a project to promote literacy and encourage completion of basic education among sexually diverse persons in Asunción. In the national curriculum (third cycle programmes), the competencies, skills and content relevant to the preventio n of all types of discrimination have been mainstreamed into the system.
Para 119) Training courses on human rights in education were provided for teachers, headmasters and pupils (1,040 teachers, 234 headmasters and 907 students) nationwide, together with courses in the capital on educational programmes free from sexual bias. A project to combat bullying in schools began in 2011 and materials to support the project have been designed, such as a protocol to help educational establishments deal with cases of violence and bullying in schools, which has been issued to 94 per cent of schools, a teaching manual to prevent bullying and five guidebooks for teachers.
Para 120) The Ministry of Justice has a protocol applicable to transgender person deprived of their liberty.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 15) AI noted that in 2014, the draft anti-discrimination law that had been tabled in the Senate was rejected ...
Para 17) SOMOSGAY highlighted the lack of legal protection against discrimination and violence, which was a source of fear for the LGBT population. JS1 said that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity had been compounded by the hate speech legitimized by the State. The recommendations adopted in that regard during the first universal periodic review had not yet been implemented. -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:N/AContents:"A pilot Gender in Prison programme has been implemented in the Amanecer section of the Casa del Buen Pastor women’s prison. It involves alterations to the infrastructure and a refresher course for the specialist staff responsible for mothers in prison with their children. [Para 57]" -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:N/AContents:"Together with an NGO, the Ministry of the Interior has initiated the Police Free from Homophobia – Paraguay for All campaign. The aim of the campaign is to provide awareness-raising and training to ensure that police officers refrain from all forms of discrimination against persons of a different sexual orientation. [Para 119]" -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:Reference AddressedContents:"CODEHUPY recommends amending the Criminal Code and related laws with regard to violence against women. [Para 21]" -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:VenezuelaVenezuelaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to strengthen the gender approach in all spheres of national life with positive measures to achieve the effective promotion and protection of the rights of women.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 7) ... Act No. 5446/15 on public policies on behalf of women in rural areas.
Para 8) ... Act No. 4675/12 to upgrade the Secretariat for Women into a Ministry.
Para 67) The Ministry for Women was organized by Act No. 4675/12, which established it as the body responsible for directing, setting standards for and coordinating government policy to promote equal rights and opportunities for men and women and for encouraging full participation by women in politics, the economy, society, culture and civil life within the framework of the third national plan for 2008 to 2017 to provide equal opportunities for men and women.
Para 68) The plan determined three strategic lines of action for poverty reduction based on empowerment and social inclusion: a) design of models for action to incorporate the gender perspective into sectoral public policies and to improve the competitiveness of small-scale producers of stevia-ka'a he'e (Stevia rebaudiana) and to increase its exports, b) a social programme to empower women in peri-urban settlements, c) support for women entrepreneurs on family farms.
Para 69) Act No. 5446/15 on public policies on behalf of rural women underpins efforts to promote the economic, political, social and cultural rights of women living in rural areas for their empowerment and advancement. A total of 2,711 women benefited from the project to encourage women's participation in the labour market in the departments of de San Pedro, Caazapá and Canindeyú and it has been extended to include the departments of Alto Paraguay, Paraguarí and Misiones for the direct benefit of 1,686 women.
Para 70) Steps have been taken to encourage women to stand as candidates for decisionmaking positions as part of the programme to improve women's capacity to participate in politics. Work is also under way to develop an agenda to further the political rights of women, to train women holding elected positions and to raise awareness among men. The legislative branch is examining a bill to amend article 32, paragraph r) of Act No. 834/96, on the Paraguayan Electoral Code in respect of the percentage of women in elected positions.
Para 108) The National Career Development Service (SNPP) has provided training for a total of 1,792 women in the different geographical regions of Paraguay; the highest percentages were in Central (27 per cent) and Itapuá (17 per cent) departments (2014). In the same year, as part of its policy to ensure that at least 50 per cent of its trainees are women, the National Professional Skills and Training System (SINAFOCAL) held six courses for women in rural areas. In 2015, 58 courses are being organized. -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:NeglectedContents:CEDAW was concerned about the high number of girls performing domestic work without remuneration. [Para 51] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:PanamaPanamaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:QuestionSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:N/AContents:¿Qué iniciativas se están implementando para prevenir el reclutamiento de adolescentes, incluyendo mujeres e indígenas, por grupos armados irregulares y de crimen organizado? -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Early marriage
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Reference AddressedContents:CEDAW took note of the increase of the minimum age for marriage for girls and boys to 18 years. Nevertheless, it was concerned at the remaining exceptions allowing marriage under 18 years of age. It recommended that Paraguay take measures to eliminate exceptions to the minimum legal age of marriage for girls and boys and ensure that any such exceptions could be authorized only by a judicial authority and only with the prior, free and informed consent of the girls concerned. The United Nations country team recommended that Paraguay eliminate the exception for 16-year-old. [Para 30]
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Reference AddressedContents:JS1 called for measures to be taken to ensure access to civil registration for all and for identification campaigns to be conducted periodically in rural and indigenous areas. [Para 81]
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:MontenegroMontenegroRegional groupEEGIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify OP-ICESCR.ExplanationLa República del Paraguay acepta la recomendación 102.1, el instrumento se encuentra en proceso de consultas entre las diversas instancias gubernamentales para considerar su eventual ratificación y condiciones de aplicabilidad.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 106) The ratification of the OP-ICESCR is still under analysis.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:UruguayUruguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Sexual abuse
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Develop official statistics that record cases of domestic violence, femicide, abuse, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation, the latter especially of children and adolescents, and facilitate access to justice for victims and the prosecution of the perpetrators.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 74) The executive branch's Documentation and Archive Centre has systematically classified complaints relating to violence lodged with the magistrates' courts, together with other data on the economic and social situation of women in Paraguay. The Justice and Gender Observatory of the Supreme Court has developed a range of indicators portraying the administration of justice from the gender perspective in order to facilitate the adoption of decisions to improve it. The judicial branch has drafted objective criteria for recruiting staff by reviewing current selection, licensing and transfer procedures, in order to incorporate the gender perspective into the civil service's human resources management, using mechanisms to achieve a structural impact and develop practices based on human rights and the gender perspective.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:EgyptEgyptRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Eliminate all forms of inequality between men and women.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 23) The fourth National Equality Plan (2018–2024),19 which has five stand-alone20 and four intersecting thematic areas,21 incorporates strategies for the substantive equality of men and women, and its aim is to remove obstacles to such equality.
Para 94) One of the stand-alone thematic areas of the fourth National Equality Plan (2018– 2024) is empowerment for decision-making. In 2017, to promote political participation, the High Court of Electoral Justice established the Political Participation Unit76 and the Gender Policy Unit, 77 which are responsible for advocacy, awareness-raising and motivational activities.
Para 96) The Women’s Political Training School is a learning event that has been held seven times81 with a view to highlighting women’s political leadership and supporting the creation of women’s political networks.
Para 97) The project “Getting to Know Our Women Authorities” (decision No. 66/2016), followed by the project Building Citizenship–Women, was launched to raise the visibility of women elected to municipal, departmental or national office. In addition, seminars and workshops were held.
Para 99) Gender statistics from the 2018 general election are accessible online. The Gender Atlas provides data on women in elective office and other decision-making positions.
Para 109) The “For Employment” platform is an intermediary service that can be used to register and look for job opportunities at companies. The Ministry holds regular job fairs. The strategy Employ Equality covers three areas of work to promote the autonomy and economic empowerment of women.
Para 110) The Ministry’s Labour Affairs Support Service was strengthened to promote and protect the rights of working women – particularly pregnant women, nursing mothers and women in the domestic sector – by providing free legal advice and support. In 2020, the Civil Service Secretariat adopted its second Plan for Equality, Inclusion and Non-Discrimination in the Civil Service (2020–2024).
Para 111) Act No. 5508/15 on Promotion and Protection of Motherhood and Support for Breastfeeding was regulated by Decree No. 7550/17 and expanded by Act No. 6453/19. The Judicial Secretariat for Gender Issues organizes activities such as a seminar on the rights of women workers to maternity and breastfeeding leaves (2020).
Para 114) Act No. 5407/15, the Domestic Labour Act, introduced improvements to ensure decent working conditions. In 2019, it was amended by Act No. 6338/19 to bring the wages for domestic labour into line with the minimum wage.
Para 158) Stand-alone thematic area four of the fourth National Equality Plan (2018–2024) informs economic empowerment efforts driven by shared responsibility, employment, financing and entrepreneurship, while prioritizing rural women, indigenous women, girls and adolescents.
Para 159) The module for the economic advancement of women, which is coordinated by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security at the Ciudad Mujer (women’s city) Centre Ñande Kerayvoty Renda and Ciudad Mujer Mobile, facilitates the development of empowerment, skills-building and productive entrepreneurship strategies. In 2020, 44,755 women were provided services by Ciudad Mujer at the Centre itself, and 30,666 services were provided via the mobile mode to 10,856 women in 12 of the country’s departments and 44 of its districts.
Para 160) Equality is the cross-cutting theme of the National Development Plan, the Social Protection System and “Jajapo Paraguay”, the National Poverty Reduction Plan. Tekoporã, Tenonderã and Tekoha continue to promote the empowerment of women heads of household, who account for 75 per cent of the participants in these three programmes.
Para 161) The strategy Employ Equality contributes to the autonomy and economic empowerment of women. The Ministry of Labour established the Entrepreneurship Training Centre, which offers training, formalization and connections to sources of financing for new businesses with a view to creating a favourable environment for the business plans of young Paraguayan women.
Para 162) The Project for the Integration into the Workforce of Women Entrepreneurs (2016– 2018) involved the establishment of revolving funds and training in entrepreneurship and income-generating projects. Women were given incentives to run for office in the 2021 municipal elections. Fairs, training sessions and competitions were held to encourage the use of information and communication technology and women’s entrepreneurship – a digital literacy programme was also promoted.
Para 163) In 2020, the inter-agency group behind the development of a national care policy, coordinated by the Ministry for Women, adopted the framework document for a preliminary bill and plan of action for the definition of this policy.
Para 165) The Embrace (Abrazo) Programme and Fundación Capital have deployed a strategy to give a boost to women’s income and empowerment through training, business improvement, the establishment of groups of savers and alliances with strategic public and private actors. In 2020, with 256 mothers participating in the Abrazo Programme, 16 groups of savers were set up in centres in Asunción and the departments Central, Cordillera and Misiones.
Para 166) Decree No. 3678/2020139 contained the implementing regulations for Act No. 5446/15 on Public Policies for Rural Women, the fifth implementation report on which is available online. The country’s lawmakers are considering a bill that would require equal pay for men and women in both the public and the private sectors.
UN Compilation:
Para 24) The United Nations country team noted that the gender equity approach had been strengthened in the judiciary through strategies to end harmful gender stereotypes in judicial proceedings.
Para 27) The United Nations country team noted that the rate of women’s participation in political life remained among the lowest in the region …
Para 46) CEDAW … concerned about the persistence of structural barriers to access to high-quality education for girls, in particular at the secondary and tertiary levels.
Para 51) The United Nations country team indicated that 31.1 per cent of young rural women were neither in school nor employed, making them vulnerable to unwanted pregnancy, economic dependency and forced migration. Moreover, rural women had higher rates of illiteracy (53.5 per cent) and unemployment (44.7 per cent) because they engaged in domestic work.
Para 52) The HR Committee was concerned about the still limited extent of women’s participation in political and public life and their underrepresentation in decision-making positions and in public and elected office, including in the judiciary, the legislature and the executive branch.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 41) Kuña Róga (KR) reported that equal representation of women in politics had not yet been achieved. JS17 added that changes were still needed to allow women to participate fully in political life.
Para 46) JS1 stated that the youth unemployment rate was twice as high as the overall unemployment rate and three times as high where women were concerned; that youth unemployment mainly affected young persons from lower-income backgrounds; and that steps should be taken to facilitate access to employment for young persons. JS12 reported that there was a high level of non-participation in the labour force among indigenous persons, especially women.
Para 47) JS1 noted that more women than men participated in economic activities on a parttime, flexible or self-employed basis and that the average salary of men was almost double that of women. Steps should therefore be taken to promote the integration of women into the labour market.
Para 68) JS5 stated that young and adolescent girls find it more difficult to gain access to and remain in education.
Para 69) Two submissions reported that illiteracy had increased, especially among indigenous women. JS5 added that the school dropout rate was high.
Para 73) JS1 reported that women continued to face discrimination in various sectors.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure the issuance of birth certificates to all children born on its territory, regardless of the status of their parents.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 186) Joint efforts by the Vice-President’s Office, the Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry of the Interior and the Directorate General of the Civil Registry led to the launch, within the framework of the “Right to an Identity” National Plan, of the campaign “Everyone Is Someone”, organized to ensure that every birth is registered and every child obtains an identity card at birth.
Para 187) The “Right to an Identity” National Plan ensures that children and adolescents, with the assistance of teams that travel to rural areas, are given free access to identity documents. In health facilities, registration services are always available at registry offices set up to lower rates of non-registration.
Para 188) Documentation workshops are held in indigenous communities. The National Institute of Indigenous Affairs has a number of registry offices. Procedures for immediate access to an identity were developed as part of the work of the National Early Childhood Team. Ongoing mass registration campaigns are organized within the framework of the Directorate General of the Civil Registry’s Timely Registration Programme.
UN Compilation:
Para 55) While noting with satisfaction that the inter-institutional cooperation agreement signed in 2018 provided for the issuance of birth certificates by the consular sections of Paraguayan diplomatic missions abroad, the HR Committee was concerned about the significant percentage of children who were still not registered. The United Nations country team noted that 16 per cent of children under 1 year were not registered, which created problems in terms of claiming their rights.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 81) JS1 reported that there were many children and adolescents without birth certificates, especially among the indigenous and rural population.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:ItalyItalyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Sexual abuse
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen efforts to prevent and combat all forms of violence against women, including domestic violence and sexual abuse, and effectively implement the legislation recently adopted in this field.ExplanationSe encuentra en estudio en el Parlamento el proyecto de ley "De protección integral a las mujeres", aprobado de forma general por la Cámara de Diputados en el mes diciembre de 2015 y cuyo análisis en particular continúa en la actualidad.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 141) At all levels and in all modes of education, the curriculum takes a rights-based approach and promotes proper treatment and the equality of men and women, with emphasis on the prevention of violence against children and women.
Para 167) Act No. 5777/16 on the Comprehensive Protection of Women from All Forms of Violence was adopted. The Act provides for prevention, care, protection, punishment and comprehensive reparation in the public and private spheres, covers various forms of violence – sexual, physical, psychological, remote, economic, political and workplace violence – and establishes penalties of 10 to 30 years’ imprisonment for femicide. The regulations implementing the Act were adopted under Decree No. 6973/2017.
Para 168) The second National Plan to Combat Violence against Women (2015–2020) was adopted by Decree No. 5140/16, which also established the Inter-Agency Board for the Prevention of Violence against Women. Eighteen agencies from the three branches of government, as well as civil society organizations, are represented on the Board; it is coordinated by the Ministry for Women, which is the advisory body for implementation of Act No. 5777/2016. The implementing regulations were adopted in 2019.
Para 169) The Women’s Support Service provides comprehensive care, information and counselling to women in situations of domestic, sexual, physical, economic and psychological violence in the regional women’s centres and at the Ciudad Mujer Centre Ñande Kerayvoty Renda. The provision of these support services for a life from violence is coordinated by the Ministry for Women.
Para 170) The National Houses of Justice Programme provides free legal advice. An office in Asunción provides advice and legal representation as a result of an agreement between the Ministry of Justice and American University (Paraguay).
Para 171) In 2016, the Civil Service Secretariat adopted a protocol for intervention and guidelines for responses to discrimination and harassment in the workplace (decision No. 516). In 2018, the Secretariat drafted a protocol for action in cases of workplace violence and a guide to ensuring that internal rules are informed by a gender perspective and the imperatives of non-discrimination and respect (decisions No. 387 and No. 388). In 2019, it set up a permanent commission of inquiry and an office for confidential advice in respect of workplace violence.
Para 172) In 2019, the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security created an office to respond to and prevent workplace violence and defined a procedure for responses to such violence (including physical violence, psychological violence or mobbing and sexual violence).
Para 173) The health services follow the instructions in a handbook on comprehensive assistance to victims of domestic and gender-based violence, in which uniform procedures for such assistance and for the collection of evidence are laid out. The Mercedes Sandoval House for Women ensures care and protection by providing housing, security, psychological support, legal assistance, medical care, educational support for children and opportunities to generate income.
Para 174) The Ministry for Women administers the free helpline 137, an operating system designed to provide security for women victims of violence that has nationwide coverage and is available 24 hours a day. Since 2019, the Observatory on Women’s Right to a Life Free from Violence has monitored and conducted research on violence against women with a view to designing public policies, informed by data collected in coordination with other observatories, for the prevention and elimination of such violence.
Para 175) The Public Prosecution Service has a specialized unit that investigates cases of domestic violence and a technical gender office that has a facility for the reception of complaints at the Centre Ciudad Mujer. The Service’s General Instruction No. 9/11 provides for immediate assistance to women victims within the framework of investigations into domestic and gender-based violence.
Para 176) The Ministry of the Interior’s Comprehensive Management of Public Safety Programme contributes to the prevention of domestic violence. The Department for the Assistance of Victims of Domestic Violence was created in 2018.
Para 177) Following a competitive examination, the Council of the Judiciary hired 16 defence lawyers specializing in matters relating to gender-based violence (2018) to work in 11 departments and the Capital District. Public defenders receive ongoing training in this area at the Education and Training Centre for Public Defenders.
Para 178) Since 2017, the Judicial Secretariat for Gender Issues has monitored the application of Act No. 5777/16 by courts and tribunals in order to build a database of relevant jurisprudence. It collects information on equality indicators, which are published by the Gender Observatory. Since 2019, the Secretariat, serving as a link to the court system, has been more heavily involved in cases at the Centre Ciudad Mujer.
Para 179) Through the Regional Programme to Combat Violence against Women in Latin America, the Supreme Court conducts analyses and provides training for magistrates and other officials of judicial districts to ensure the proper application of the Act. A memorandum of understanding was signed with United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women in 2018. In October 2020, magistrates from magistrates’ courts and employees of the Office for the Assistance of Victims of Violence – an office created pursuant to agreement No. 642/2010 and made a part of the magistrates’ courts of Central Department in accordance with agreement No. 1415/2020 – began receiving training on nonworking days or outside working hours.
Para 180) Several institutions undertook outreach and awareness-raising initiatives in connection with violence against women and the related legal framework, including by organizing campaigns, training sessions and publications or by taking other steps.
Para 181) The Ministry for Women and the Judicial Secretariat for Gender Issues are working on a draft bill that would create courts and tribunals specializing in violence against women.
Para 182) The project “Paraguay Protects Women, Children and Adolescents from Violence in the Context of the COVID-19 Emergency”, promoted by the United Nations Development Programme, facilitated the development of protocols for the issuance of protection orders by magistrates’ courts in cases of domestic violence and responses to workplace harassment, sexual harassment and mobbing in the judicial sphere.
UN Compilation:
Para 14) The United Nations country team noted that, in a historic 2019 judgment, a person had been convicted of femicide in the death of a trans woman. However, discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression remained pervasive in the practice of public institutions.
Para 53) [HR Committee] was concerned about the increase in domestic and sexual violence against women, girls and adolescents and about reports of an alarming number of femicides. The fact that only a very small number of femicides had been investigated since it was established as a crime in 2016 was of particular concern. The United Nations country team was of the view that the 78 per cent rise in the number of calls to the domestic violence centre between 2019 and 2020 was a sign of the stress families were under.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 15) JS9 emphasized … the double discrimination faced by women of African descent, who are vulnerable to various forms of sexual violence.
Para 74) Two submissions reported that Act No. 5777/16 on the Comprehensive Protection of Women from All Forms of Violence established femicide as a criminal offence; however, the fact that the Act contained no reference to gender was detrimental to transgender and lesbian women and could lead to it being applied in a discriminatory way. KR added that political violence against women had not been defined as a specific offence.
Para 75) Several submissions noted that during the COVID-19, gender-based violence and child abuse and mistreatment had increased. JS12 added that the State had done little to provide protection and the courts had done nothing. UC was concerned about the limited provision of prevention and support services for women.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:KazakhstanKazakhstanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICCISIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Take effective measures to reduce the high maternal mortality rate.ExplanationSe encuentra en proceso de validación el Plan Nacional de Salud Integral de la Niñez 2016-2021, de manera a identificar nuevos ejes estratégicos que contemple las necesidades y problemas prioritarios, con enfoque de derecho, género e interculturalidad, considerando como prioridad la visión integrada de la salud y en particular la salud integral de la niña y el niño en todas las políticas.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 133) The Family Planning Programme, designed to reduce maternal, fetal and neonatal mortality, and the Plan for the Accelerated Reduction of Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Mortality, which has an implementation committee that in 2020 presented the Plan’s lines of action and indicators, have been launched pursuant to article 61 of the Constitution. The aim of the National Sexual and Reproductive Health Plan 2019–2023 is to ensure universal access, without discrimination, to sexual and reproductive health.
Para 137) The curriculum of the Ministry of Education and the Sciences provides for sex education at different educational levels and at educational institutions of different kinds, while respecting the psychological development of students and the domestic legal framework.
UN Compilation:
Para 39) CEDAW was concerned about the high rates of maternal mortality, mainly owing to unsafe abortions and health professionals refusing to conduct therapeutic abortions. The HR Committee expressed similar concerns.
Para 40) Two Committees and the Special Rapporteur on health noted that the legislation on voluntary termination of pregnancy was extremely restrictive.
Para 45) … The absence of comprehensive sex education in the formal system remained a shortcoming repeatedly pointed out by the authorities.
Para 56) The CEDAW, while welcoming the adoption of a national adolescent health plan covering the period 2016–2021, was concerned at the negative effect on the development of adolescents, specifically on their physical and mental health, their education and their future opportunities for decent work, of the high pregnancy rates among girls aged 10–19 years and the high rates of sexual violence against adolescent girls. The United Nations country team reported that the pregnancy rate among girls aged 10–19 years remained worrying, as did the high maternal mortality rate among 15- to 19-year-olds.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 60) ADF International stated that maternal mortality remained a pressing concern.
Para 61) Several submissions informed about the alarming number of girls and adolescent pregnancies. JS18 reported that indigenous girls and adolescents were the most vulnerable.
Para 70) JS9 was concerned that the lack of comprehensive sex education had resulted in high rates of sexual abuse, early sexual initiation and early pregnancy. JS9 added that church representatives provided faith-based sex education in public schools and incited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Two submissions mentioned that the Ministry of Education and Science had suspended the implementation of the comprehensive sex education teaching framework and had adopted an anti-gender stance through its decisions No. 29664/17 and No. 1761/19.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:SloveniaSloveniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Abortion
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Repeal legislation criminalizing abortion and ensure access to legal and safe abortion for victims of rape and incest, in cases where the life or health of a woman is at risk or when the foetus is not viable.ExplanationNoted. El Paraguay toma nota de las recomendaciones 105.3, 105.4, 105.5, 105.6 por ser incompatibles con las disposiciones constitucionales y obligaciones internacionales derivadas de los instrumentos internacionales que garantizan el derecho a la vida.ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 39) CEDAW was concerned about the high rates of maternal mortality, mainly owing to unsafe abortions and health professionals refusing to conduct therapeutic abortions. The HR Committee expressed similar concerns.
Para 40) Two Committees and the Special Rapporteur on health noted that the legislation on voluntary termination of pregnancy was extremely restrictive.