The productive age rate is 54.1% (15-64 years). Guatemala has a population that is predominantly young – the average age of women is 26 and men 25 years (ENEI, 2013). The modern contraceptive prevalence rate is 44% this does not respond to the needs of 20.8% of women with regard to family planning and this figure doubles among indigenous women. In 2009 the fertility rate was 3.6, the annual population growth is 2.5%, and this is equivalent to double the rate of Latin American and the Caribbean (1.2%). Guatemala has an area of 108,889 km2, 51.5% of the population lives in rural areas. Despite these advances only 2% of the municipalities are run by women more than 4,000 girls 10-14 years of age give birth every year and 759 women died by violence in 2013. After the signing of the Peace Accords in 1996 several mechanisms specifically for women were created (DEMI and SEPREM) laws were issued (women’s comprehensive development, domestic violence, sexual violence, trafficking and exploitation, femicide and other forms of violence) policies were drafted (National policy for the promotion and comprehensive development of women - PNPDIM). Women in Guatemala represent 51.2% of the total 15.8 million, estimated for 2014.
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