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La Paz, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) After the suspension today in Bolivia of the court hearing that was to decide on the replacement of the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, more evidence emerged of the division prevailing in the Executive branch of that department.
In a still patriarchal and macho society, Bolivia managed to establish political parity in national regulations, but that does not solve the difficulties that women must face in order to be present in politics. And it is not only about violence and political harassment but also about the enormous burden of care assumed by women almost exclusively due to the weight of patriarchal culture.
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Jacqueline Pozo, a young woman from Cochabamba and a mother, is currently a departmental assembly member. Despite the enormous difficulties that the exercise of politics entails for a woman, she became President of the Departmental Legislative Assembly and knew how to promote the Violence Against Women Law in her department.