Stigma

ChatSalud Aims to Empower Rural Nicaraguans to Advocate for their Sexual and Reproductive Health.

ChatSalud Aims to Empower Rural Nicaraguans to Advocate for their Sexual and Reproductive Health.

In Nicaragua, sex is embarrassing.  Yet in a country where approximately 50 percent of the population is below the age of 18, and where 1 in 3 adolescent girls will become pregnant before they reach the age of 18, it’s clear that people are having sex—they’re just not talking about it due to pena—a wonderfully ambiguous word located somewhere between shame, embarrassment, and awkwardness.