{"id":2495,"date":"2014-11-14T10:18:27","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T10:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2024-12-05T08:55:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T08:55:34","slug":"pregnant-schoolgirl-mannequins-shock-shoppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/pregnant-schoolgirl-mannequins-shock-shoppers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant schoolgirl mannequins shock shoppers in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shop mannequins in the UK were recently criticised for being too thin. <\/a>Well, a display in South America is attracting a different kind of controversy. A window mannequin display of pregnant schoolgirls at a Caracas mall in Venezuela is shocking shoppers and stirring debate over sex education.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Venezuelan shop window that shows mannequins of pregnant schoolgirls has shocked local shoppers in the country\u2019s capital, Caracas, and has sparked debate over the nation\u2019s rising teenage pregnancy rate.<\/p>\n

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Two children’s charities in Venezuela have created shop mannequins that resemble schoolgirls with bulging stomachs to draw attention to the country’s adolescent pregnancy rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The mannequins are dressed in local school uniforms, as worn by schoolchildren in the country until the age of 15. They were dressed as part of a back-to-school display.
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Fundana<\/a> and Construyendo Futuros<\/a>, the charities behind the campaign, claim shock tactics are needed to control teenage pregnancy in Venezuela. This is the highest in South America, with 23% of all babies born to a girl under 18.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The display runs for a month and may be extended to other malls around the nation of 30 million people.<\/span><\/p>\n

It comes days after a United Nations women’s rights watchdog expressed “deep concern” to Venezuela about the high number of teenage pregnancies and associated maternal mortality.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the most recent U.N. data, Venezuela’s adolescent birth rate of 101 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2010 was one of the highest in Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maternal mortality was 92 per 100,000 live births, which is around mid-range for the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

What do you think of this mannequin display<\/a>? Is it right or wrong? Will other countries adopt the same tactics to increase awareness?<\/span><\/p>\n