The only ones arrested after a child's rape: the women who helped her

 
>> Julie Turkewitz and Isayen Herrera, The New York Times 
Published: 14 Apr 2021 11:30 AM BdST
Updated: 14 Apr 2021 11:44 AM BdST
A mother with her 13-year-old daughter at their home in Merida, Venezuela, on Dec 13, 2020. The girl had an abortion that has helped spur a debate about further legalising the procedure in Venezuela. (Meridith Kohut/The New York Times)
She wore a ponytail and a red T-shirt, the words “Glitter Girl” sketched across the front.
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Gripping her mother’s hand, she spoke softly, describing how she had been forced out of school by Venezuela’s economic crisis, and then was raped at least six times by a neighbourhood predator who threatened to harm her family if she spoke out. At just 13, she became pregnant.

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