A study of the problem of teenage mothers was done. It's a problem for the girls and for their children as well. Both enter a very, very difficult situation. The study found a large number of girls and female teenagers working instead of attending school. Most find employment as domestic servants.
Girls are also at a higher risk of poverty than boys, the study says.
The meeting was chaired by Costa Rica's Alternate Representative, Luis Guardia Mora. The delegates recommended that the next meeting should assign follow-up responsibilities on those mandates, and mandates of subsidiary organs and other areas of the General Secretariat. And the minister has called on the government to introduce new laws to penalise those guilty of domestic violence. She added that she has raised the matter with President Miguel Angel Rodriguez. For this year 14 women have been murdered by their spouses, boyfriends, ex-boyfriends or partners.