Country Bolivia Plurinational State of
Year 2019
Type of Measure Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence Violence against women and girls

Brief Description


Plurinational Service for Women and Depatriarchalization "Ana María Romero" (Servicio Plurinacional de la Mujer y de la Despatriarcalización “Ana María Romero”) was created as a decentralized public institution of public law, with legal status, autonomy of administrative, financial, legal, technical and own equity management, under the tutelage of the Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency.  Its purpose is to monitor and evaluate compliance with public policies towards the effective exercise of women's rights; promote the eradication of all types of violence and forms of discrimination against women.

Source of Information

Bolivia's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019.  

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