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International adoption from Guatemala increased fourfold from 731 in 1996 to 3289 in 2002, when Guatemala ratified the Hague Adoption Convention in response to widespread reports of corruption and coercion in the system. However, in late 2003 the ratification was overturned by the Constitutional Court of Guatemala, and adoptions resumed. They ...
In 2000, roughly 2.4 percent more Guatemalan boys attended school than Guatemalan girls. [9] In 2005, about 87 percent of Ladino men and 68 percent of indigenous men were literate. [ 7 ] On the other hand, approximately 77 percent of Ladino women, and only about 33 percent of indigenous women were literate. [ 7 ]
The replacement fertility rate is 2.1 births per female for most developed countries (in the United Kingdom, for example), but can be as high as 3.5 in undeveloped countries because of higher mortality rates, especially child mortality. [9]
This is reflected in high rates of repetition of grades, for instance up to 30% in first grade. [27] Compared to native Spanish speaking ladino students, Indigenous students often enter school without Spanish fluency and due to the language gap, achieve lower than other students.
Among Hispanic women, the rate of women dying while pregnant, during childbirth or soon after increased from 14.5 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2019 to 18.9 in 2022.
"It's certainly a whole other level of mental anxiety and cruelty that's forced upon us," one activist said of the law, the most restrictive in the nation.
Pages in category "High schools and secondary schools in Guatemala" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 2014, 40 percent of the people fleeing were women compared to a low 27 percent in recent times. [20] The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women showed that in July 2014, the violent death of women in Honduras shot up at an alarming rate of 263% from 2005 to 2013, fueling the migration of women. In 2013, 95% of the cases ...