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Cases of teen pregnancy, sexual offences involving minors must go through process – CPA
More and more cases of teenage pregnancy are being recorded in Guyana thus making the work of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security harder, since thorough investigations need to be carried out in a relatively short period of time.
According to Director of the Childcare and Protection Agency of the Ministry, Ann Green, there are hundreds of cases which have been reported to the agency involving child abuse and sexual offences with minors, and each case must go through a certain process before results are achieved.
Kaieteur News understands that the Ministry along with the various Police Stations and the Director of Public Prosecutions, work hand in hand with serving justice to the victims and ensuring that the perpetrators are punished.
As it relates to the 13-year-old girl who gave birth to a baby girl last week at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Green explained that the matter with the 17-year-old father is “still being pursued”.
“The girl living with the boy’s family is not an option. She can go and live with her father because he is so desirous to have his daughter back. But they have to be responsible. She needs to complete school.”
Alternatives concerning the welfare of the baby are yet to be discussed.
The young mother will be given an option to put the baby up for adoption or her family/ relatives can keep the baby and take care of both individuals if they so desire. Nevertheless, if the mother and baby do not have any place to go, the State will provide for them.
This newspaper was told that many cases like these have been reported and it is not a case where “relevant authorities turn a blind eye”, but since there is limited manpower to handle all the cases, persons should understand that investigations take time.
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