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Insufficient funding for public healthcare caused delays, shortages and expenses for patients and their families. A new bill and a parliamentary commission of inquiry threatened freedom of association and expression for civil society organizations and the media. Rulings on 10 lawsuits regarding the legal recognition of the names of transgender people were still pending. Gender-based violence was a huge concern. Children continued to suffer sexual abuse and mistreatment, and the number of adolescent pregnancies remained worryingly high. Climate and environmental disasters, as well as forced evictions, disproportionately affected Indigenous Peoples.

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