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Desirée Viteri

Internationalist, political scientist and lawyer. Currently, she is the national director of human rights, gender and inclusion of the Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador. Doctoral candidate in Law and Political Science and member of the Network of Women Political Scientists.

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The timid advance of Ecuadorian women’s rights

On April 28, Ecuador's Constitutional Court decriminalized abortion in cases of rape after upholding the unconstitutionality of Article 150 of the Integral Penal Code. However, the presidential veto limited its scope.