In Caracas, Venezuela school children wear these blue uniforms until the children turn 15. So, these represent schoolgirls aged 14 or younger. The idea is to draw attention to an adolescent pregnancy rate that is one of the worst in South America, with one girl under-18 becoming pregnant every three minutes, and 23 percent of all births coming from those under 18.
"Yes, it's disturbing to see in a window. But it's the truth. You see pregnant girls all the time on the streets. So this forces you to think about the problem, doesn't it?"
While Venezuela's socialist government says education and children's rights have improved enormously during its 15 years in power, non-governmental agencies say sex education needs to be improved and parents need to take the subject more seriously.
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